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Old 5th April 2013, 11:52 AM   #1
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Hi everybody ,I just receive this 2 mandau swords
The first one his with 78 cm over all and 62 cm for the blade
the second is with 87 cm and a blade about 71 cm.
Unfortunately they don' have the scabbard
Any comment about age and origin will be welcome.
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Old 5th April 2013, 11:54 AM   #2
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Old 5th April 2013, 12:00 PM   #4
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I like them already.
Do you have pictures of the complete blade + handle ?


(I am missing the blade tips, and would love to discuss them )
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Old 5th April 2013, 02:43 PM   #5
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I will start with pictures from the 2 swords and after one by one I hope it will be more convenient for you

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Old 5th April 2013, 02:49 PM   #6
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Old 5th April 2013, 02:56 PM   #8
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(I am missing the blade tips, and would love to discuss them )

I think it has Murut flavour in a Bahau way.... (I meant the river Bahau and not the tribe...)


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Old 5th April 2013, 02:58 PM   #9
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Now seriously!
Nice blades Cerjak.

Upper one Kenya tribe from the Baram area, lower one from the Ibans.

Maurice

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Old 5th April 2013, 07:10 PM   #10
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Nice examples and Maurice has already placed them (although I DO sense a bit Murut-influence ). Too bad there are no scabbards; they can have some nice carvings on them.

Last edited by David; 5th April 2013 at 07:56 PM. Reason: Don't even go there in jest Indy!
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Old 5th April 2013, 09:58 PM   #11
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Upper one Kenya tribe from the Baram area, lower one from the Ibans.

Maurice
Thanks Cerjak for the abundance of pictures.

To avoid any confusion,
Maurice's identification (upper and lower) refers to the following order of mandaus :
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