Sword "mandau" · Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak · ID: 3032561
sold
EUR 350
Size
L: 63,5 cm
L: 25.0 inch
Description
the hilt wrapped with plaited plant fibre strings, horn knob, elaborate carved with figural and ornamental motifs and set with tufts of animal hair, pointed iron blade, two-parted wooden scabbard decorated with elaobrate ornaments, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and abrasion;
used for head hunting and as a machete in daily life.
The object Sword “mandau” with the object ID 3032561 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 4 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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Comparing literature
van Zonneveld, A.G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 87