Sword "dua lalan" · Indonésie - Sulawesi, Toraja · ID: 3035500
Vendu
150 €
Description
metal, wood, horn, the scabbard mostly covered with rattan, min. dam., small missing part (tip of the blade), fine cracks, traces of corrosion and abrasion;
a sword used both in time of war and for the ceremonial slaughtering of buffaloes. Hence its name “dua lalan” meaning “dual purpose”.
Littérature comparée
van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 43