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Tell me please
The scabbard is much longer than the sword. The sword fits right into the scabbard, which leads me to think that it's an original. I believe the little knife is detachable, but I don't want to force it off. The hilt is made of horn with similar decorated carvings on both sides of the pommel. There is a snake carved onto the scabbard. Also carved on the upper part of the scabbard is a human figure carrying a bucket or a pot. Wooden pegs hold the scabbard together. Questions: Why is the scabbard longer than the sword? How old is it? What tribe? Parang, what? |
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This parang is supposed to be Iban and the hilt resembles the Niabor.
In Spring last year I was within a couple of weeks offered 2 resembling ones from 2 different dealers. Both of them regulary visit Borneo to acquire Dayak parang and I wouldn't be surprised if they shared some sources? Before that I have never seen it and I haven't found anything even slightly resembling in any museum databases or in any of the books and articles written about Borneo. Yours is the third example and I can conclude comparing them that: - all of them have much longer scabbards than blade (which is strange). - all of them have Niabor resembling hilts but the carved hilt motifs are quite different on all three. - all of them have the snake carved along the scabbard. - 2 of 3 have the bucket-man motif. - 2 of 3 have several old coins attached to the scabbard mouth (one of them had 4 and the other had 16!). - the knife is detachable but of a form that is not typical Dayak? - the other 2 had more brownish scabbards with just a bit of red showing compared to yours. - to me the carvings look 20th C and the motifs are not what I have usually seen on parang scabbards. Michael |
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Hi I see a few off these It is an copy from the old ones that I see .
Old ones have similar carvings and coins on the scabbard . Not much around these ones Ben |
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Thanks Mike and Ben for sharing your insight.
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Hi Arjan,
That is actually one of the two I was offered. IMHO the best one. Michael |
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Mandaukudi,
Can you post photos of the blade? |
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Ben, did the original also have that strange knife attachment on the beginning of the blade in stead of the more usuall krowit? ( hooks) It shows more to be a kind of hybride between nyabor with a swiss armyknife, maybe the dayaks added it to use that as can opener in the middle of the bush? ![]() ![]() Arjan. |
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