Mandau With Questions

Dajak · 5th February 2018, 09:52 PM

Hi Robert the style of the hilt is not old style always difficult to date piece from photo but maybe 1970/1980.

If heads where taking there are signs on the blade .....to recognise this is one of the things what I learned on my trip in Kalimantan last year living with the Bahau people in the Kampung Long Tuyo hunting with them....and where my friend Frans ( he did invite me to make the trip on the Mahakam about 950 km long on the river visiting Kampung overthere) did make it possible that they adopted me overthere where I get my dayak name also.

Here an pic of an old style Handle this one was taken in the 1930 from Borneo.

Laong Kawit

5th February 2018, 09:52 PM	#5
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi Robert the style of the hilt is not old style always difficult to date piece from photo but maybe 1970/1980. If heads where taking there are signs on the blade .....to recognise this is one of the things what I learned on my trip in Kalimantan last year living with the Bahau people in the Kampung Long Tuyo hunting with them....and where my friend Frans ( he did invite me to make the trip on the Mahakam about 950 km long on the river visiting Kampung overthere) did make it possible that they adopted me overthere where I get my dayak name also. Here an pic of an old style Handle this one was taken in the 1930 from Borneo. Laong Kawit Attached Images