Two rare "dua lalan" swords · Indonesia - Sulawesi, Toraja · ID: 3051358
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Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaSize
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”.
Comparing literature
van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 43, ill. 99-102