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Sword "mandau" ·  Indonésie - Bornéo, Dayak · ID: 3032561

Vendu 350 €

Description

the hilt wrapped with plaited plant fibre strings, horn knob, elaborate carved with figural and ornamental motifs and set with tufts of animal hair, pointed iron blade, two-parted wooden scabbard decorated with elaobrate ornaments, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and abrasion;
used for head hunting and as a machete in daily life.


Littérature comparée

van Zonneveld, A.G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 87


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