The weapon-making traditions of Indonesia stretch back to prehistoric times. Weapons were first multi-use, used for daily activities like cooking food, hunting and growing crops. "This can be seen in the square and oval stone axes remnants," said Cecep Eka Permana, an archeology professor at the University of Indonesia.

Weapons later became tools of self-defense as struggles for territory led to weaponized conflict. Swords, spears and arrows becam