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.
Comparing literature
van Zonneveld, A.G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 87