Antique Dayak carved Mandau or Parang Ihlang sword handle from Borneo

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 Antique Dayak carved Mandau  or Parang Ihlang sword handle from Borneo. Nice old example with deeply carved symbols of talismanic meaning, the girp partly bound with fibre,  split to the lower grip from past expansion of the iron blade. Circa 1880. southern asia dyak dayak dajak iban

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Weight 1 kg

Antique Dayak carved Mandau or Parang Ihlang sword handle from Borneo. Nice old example with deeply carved symbols of talismanic meaning, the girp partly bound with fibre, slight split to the lower grip from past expansion of the iron

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