Different Borneo sword

VVV · 25th March 2013, 04:30 PM

Nice catch, Roy!

The square hole is not that unusual (it is used to insert hair tufts), neither is the krowit.

What is very unusual is the tip of this parang and the choice of wood for the hilt.
Do you see any signs of a break or is it originally made like this?
It seems like the blade is flat, is that correct?

From the pictures it seems to me to be an Iban tilan kemarau with a broken tip?
However, the hilt is a bit strange, like you brought up?

Michael

Maurice · 25th March 2013, 04:44 PM

I think the blade tip is shortened/cut off, which could have been happened a long time ago.
That handle puzzles me though. Looks like the carvings are right. But the "thicker" part near the blade, where the guta percha ring normally is situated, is very strange now as it's carved in wood.?. I don't get the purpose of that.

What makes me ask this question. Is the blade attached into the handle with resin?

25th March 2013, 04:30 PM	#1
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Nice catch, Roy! The square hole is not that unusual (it is used to insert hair tufts), neither is the krowit. What is very unusual is the tip of this parang and the choice of wood for the hilt. Do you see any signs of a break or is it originally made like this? It seems like the blade is flat, is that correct? From the pictures it seems to me to be an Iban tilan kemarau with a broken tip? However, the hilt is a bit strange, like you brought up? Michael

25th March 2013, 04:44 PM	#2
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,460	I think the blade tip is shortened/cut off, which could have been happened a long time ago. That handle puzzles me though. Looks like the carvings are right. But the "thicker" part near the blade, where the guta percha ring normally is situated, is very strange now as it's carved in wood.?. I don't get the purpose of that. What makes me ask this question. Is the blade attached into the handle with resin?