Kayan mandau

[David]

Originally Posted by Maurice

According to Ben it was used as a buckle to close the belt.
It seemed like I used the wrong word (Amulet).

Maurice

Well, just because it served a practical purpose does not necessarily mean that there was not magickal attribution applied. I might still be considered an amulet.

[ronpakis]

not quit the type of buckle you would expect?? How does it work than?

greetings ron

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by ronpakis

not quit the type of buckle you would expect?? How does it work than?

greetings ron

Hi Ron,

I have seen buckles in different forms. Crocodile teeth, wooden peg, shell knot, bone. But I haven,t seen a buckle like this either myself.
But as mentioned it could be hanged on it later. But dajaks also use stuff from trade.

How it works:
There is a ratan belt which is going around the waste. And it has a loop were the buckle is stuck through..
I have some better pics were you can see the whole ratan belt and some old pics of dajaks with mandaus on their waste attached, to give you a better imagination how it is fastened.

Groeten,
Maurice

[Maurice]

It took some time, but I found a likewise "amulet", now on a Bornean dart quiver!!! (by the way this one isn't mine).