Zemanek-Münster

Épée "mandau" ·  Indonésie - Bornéo, Dayak · ID: 3051277

Vendu 1 000 €
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Description

iron, bone / deerhorn, goat hair, fibre cords with tiny glass beads,

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, in which an additional knife “piso raout” is stored. Complete with a rattan sling with a piece of bone as a clasp.


Littérature comparée

van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 86 f.


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