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Old 22nd October 2015, 03:27 AM   #1
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Arjan:

Well, I get to partly answer my own question.

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... Do you have additional information that this term refers to a particular sword? ...
I have come across a footnote (see attached) in the following reference:

Shelford R. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Ethnographic Collection of the Sarawak Museum: Part I Musical Instruments. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 40, p.2. June, 1904.

The footnote implies that the tilang kamarau was indeed a sword of relatively recent origin (circa 1900) and was quite common at that time. Furthermore, the note suggests that this sword may have been a sabre similar to a parang niabor.

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Old 22nd October 2015, 05:34 AM   #2
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