Sword "mandau" · Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak · ID: 3037105
Hans Uwe Kiel, Eschweiler
Description
the hilt wrapped with plaited plant fibre strings, horn knob, elaborate carved with figural and ornamental motifs, iron blade with skewed ending, wooden sheath decorated with ornaments and elaborate rattan netting, rep. (breakage at the knob), slight traces of corrosion and usage;
used for head hunting and as a machete in daily life. According to a number of sources the small knife was used, among other things, to remove the soft parts of the enemies cut-off heads. The “mandau” is used by many peoples of Kalimantan and is widely spread.
The object Sword “mandau” with the object ID 3037105 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 7.
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