Dayak mandau for ID

Cerjak · 13th September 2014, 02:20 PM

Hi everybody

I would like to have an estimation of age for this dayak sword.
I hope that somebody could tell me if this sword is from 19 TH C.
Total long is about 70 cm
Any comment on it is welcome
Best
Cerjak

kai · 15th September 2014, 10:39 PM

Hello Cerjak,

I hope the Borneo experts will comment, too.

To me this looks like a post-WW2 piece with scabbard being rather recent.

BTW, it is not common to be able to positively identify a mandau as a 19th c. example. Many good old examples are early 20th c.

Regards,
Kai

13th September 2014, 02:20 PM	#1
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	Dayak mandau for ID Hi everybody I would like to have an estimation of age for this dayak sword. I hope that somebody could tell me if this sword is from 19 TH C. Total long is about 70 cm Any comment on it is welcome Best Cerjak Attached Images

15th September 2014, 10:39 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Cerjak, I hope the Borneo experts will comment, too. To me this looks like a post-WW2 piece with scabbard being rather recent. BTW, it is not common to be able to positively identify a mandau as a 19th c. example. Many good old examples are early 20th c. Regards, Kai