Two rare "dua lalan" swords

Indonesia - Sulawesi, Toraja

not available anymore

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

H: 67,5 cm & 61,5 cm

H: 26.6 inch & 24.2 inch

Description

wood, horn, steel, rattan,

A sword used both in war and in the ceremonial slaughter of buffalo. Hence its name “dua lalan”, meaning “dual purpose”.

van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 43, ill. 99-102

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