what mandau is this?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Maurice

Hi Jim,

it is the style of the handle and scabbard.
This "style" can be found in the Nieuwenhuis (1219- Leiden museum)collection for instance, collected by himself during one of his expeditions in that particular area.
Also other travellers collected the same kind of mandau in the same area.
And old photos with dayaks from that area wearing a similar type of mandau ofcourse also helps a lot.

Kind regards,
Maurice

Maurice thank you so much for the courteous and informative reply, as well as noting reference. I have noticed over time that you have significant knowledge and exposure to these and a number of other forms of this ethnographic field, and your input here is greatly appreciated.

All best regards,
Jim

[Green]

Roland M;

Many thanks for the pics. But can you inform what makes you say that this is a headhunting mandau? any particular charateristics unique to this or just historical fact and provenance? would love to get further clarification.

Sorry to hear about the flu. hope you'll get well soon.

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Maurice thank you so much for the courteous and informative reply, as well as noting reference. I have noticed over time that you have significant knowledge and exposure to these and a number of other forms of this ethnographic field, and your input here is greatly appreciated.

All best regards,
Jim

Thank you for your kind words Jim!
Just like all of us here, most of us are all interested in a specific area of collecting, although we all love swords.
For me this specific area is Borneo, so besides Borneo swords, I try to "collect" also as much information as I can find, and research as many old collections as I am able to...

Kind regards,
Maurice