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Dajak · 21st April 2005, 04:26 PM

There is a lot off misunderstanding what is a Jimpul and what not .
If we use The Shelford provisional classification of the swords of the Sarawak Tribes presented 12th Novenber 1901 we see that Mr Albert Zonneveld made a big mistake at page 57 of his book.
The mandau 165 is not a Jimpul I asked him why he put this one between the Jimpuls and his answer was that he couldn't find a classification for the Mandau.
So the information given is incorrect and used by many people as a Jimpul wich
is incorrect.
If someone wanna have information about weapons of Borneo just ask and I try to answer the questions.
I am specialised in the weapons off the Iban use .

21st April 2005, 04:26 PM	#1
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Jimpul There is a lot off misunderstanding what is a Jimpul and what not . If we use The Shelford provisional classification of the swords of the Sarawak Tribes presented 12th Novenber 1901 we see that Mr Albert Zonneveld made a big mistake at page 57 of his book. The mandau 165 is not a Jimpul I asked him why he put this one between the Jimpuls and his answer was that he couldn't find a classification for the Mandau. So the information given is incorrect and used by many people as a Jimpul wich is incorrect. If someone wanna have information about weapons of Borneo just ask and I try to answer the questions. I am specialised in the weapons off the Iban use .