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Good Iban Dayak mandau War sword from Borneo
Description
A very nice old Mandau or ‘Parang Ihlang’ War Sword from the Iban tribe of Kalimantan, Borneo. Wonderful steel blade with fine chiselling, brass plug inlay, and fretwork. The hilt carved very finely of staghorn or bone with a seated figure, lovely old worn patination and colour, the top inlaid with a plug of trophy hair. The scabbard fronted with hard blackwood and finely carved in panels with monster images and scrollwork, the whole banded with iron mounts. Circa 1880. southern asia
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| Weight | 3 kg |
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Good Iban Dayak mandau War sword – dyak , dayak, murut, borneo weapons and swords from sabah, sarawak, and kalimantan, kenyah, kayan, melanau and malay arms and armour from ashoka arts fine antique oriental arms and armour swords and weapons
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