Sword "mandau" (or "parang ilang") with scabbard

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Description

iron, wood, goat hair, plant fibre, animal hide, cloth, blade with brass and copper inlays

The “mandau” was traditionally used when hunting heads, and as a machete in daily life.

The sword is kept in a wooden scabbard with a second smaller scabbard “apis” made of palm leaf attached to the back. The additional “piso raout” blade inserted here is missing.

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Comparing literature

van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 87 f.

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