New mandau

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Once Maurice steps in any comment from my side becomes futile

Originally Posted by asomotif

Can you post a picture of the blade decoration near the handle ?
And maybe a picture of teh 2 faint fullers on the blade ?

Not futile to look at a close up of the fullers.
That could tell more about the quality of the blade....

[David]

A question for you mandau experts....is it a true mandau if it does not have a convex/concave blade? Does this one? From the photos i would say no.

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by David

A question for you mandau experts....is it a true mandau if it does not have a convex/concave blade? Does this one? From the photos i would say no.

Hello David,
This blade is indeed not cancave/convex. So this is not a mandau
Both sides are the same. I believe there is a specific name for it parang ".. ..".
I am not the best in this name game.

Maybe Maurice or Michael can assist.

Best regards,
Willem

[VVV]

Actually it's not called a mandau at all if it is Iban, even if concave/convex, but an ilang or parang ilang.
Some maybe would like to call it a gayang, but based on the "production date" it is probably more correct to just call it an Iban parang (the generic term).

Michael

[asomotif]

Hello Michael,

Thanks, "parang gayang" was indeed the term I was looking for.

Why do you feel that the production date influences the name ?

Best regards,
Willem

[VVV]

Willem,

It's because I suspect that this parang was made for symbolic use, not actual warfare or as a jungle tool.
But that's just my personal principle for classifications of weapons...

Michael

[asomotif]

That is a way of classification that I have seen before. (a infamous balato thread on this forum) So in order too remember the old names, I prefer too collect old examples

Indeed this example is probably too recent to be for warfare and too elaborate to be a tool.

Ps. still looking foward too some more pictures of the blade