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Here my second dayakshield.
Not so old as the other one I posted earlier! But anyway a nice used one, with nice painted figures, 2 hornbill figures above and 2 aso figures (together makes the mouth) below the big face figure. Here some photo's of the front of the shield. |
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Also the backside is painted, and has a beautiful handle.
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CONGRADULATIONS ON ANOTHER NICE ONE
![]() AS YOU STATED NOT AS OLD AS THE OTHER ONE BUT VERY WELL MADE AND DECORATED WITH NICE DARK PATINA ON THE HANDLE FROM USE. THE OLDER ONES OF THIS TYPE USUALLY HAVE THE PATTERN CUT IN ALONG THE LINES AND NATURAL PIGMENTS ARE USED NOT MODERN PAINT. THE NATURAL PIGMENTS ACT MORE LIKE A STAIN THAN A PAINT AND ARE USUALLY ABSORBED INTO THE WOOD AND DON'T FORM A THICK COAT ON THE OUTSIDE LIKE PAINT. SOME OF THE LATER SHIELDS ARE CARVED IN RELIEF AND THE DESIGN STANDS OUT IN THREE DEMENSIONAL FORM. UNFORTUNATELY I ONLY HAVE TWO DAYAK SHIELDS BUT CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO HAVE THEM AS THEY ARE EXPENSIVE LITTLE BEASTIES AND WIDELY SOUGHT AFTER BY PEOPLE WITH MUCH MORE MONEY THAN I. AN OLD MEMBER (CYCLURA) HAD THE BEST COLLECTION I HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF BUT HE SOLD IT OFF YEARS AGO AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ON THE FORUM IN A LONG WHILE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE YOU MUCH BETTER INFORMATION ON THEM THAN I. |
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Hello Maurice,
I would be happy to have such a shield! Also when it's not so old, it's a beauty. sajen |
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Nice shield Maurice. I've always really loved the face motif on these shields. I was wondering what the face represents, what the story is behind it.
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Thank you both Sajen and Vandoo for your kind response.
t_c: I tried to look it up in the books, but I find all different significations (ogre face, demon face, stylized old kind of human figure). But I read recurrent that it probably has the function of instil fear by the enemy (and why than covering this "fear" face sometimes with hair that you don't see it anymore ![]() Exactly what kind of ideas stand at the beginning of the source of these ornaments??? ![]() |
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