Deux épées rares "dua lalan" ·  Indonésie - Sulawesi, Toraja · ID: 3051358

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”.

Littérature comparée

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