My first collection of Mandau

[kai]

I just starting to like tribal swords pasrticular Dayak's sword.. although I am dayak, I dont have much of mandau.. and all authentic mandau from my ancestor goes to the oldest son, as I am not the oldest of the family thus I dont get it..

You are already doing quite ok and I'm sure your collection will continue to grow: I'd assume that most members here are caretakers of less than 4 mandau, myself included. Then there are the Borneo specialists with lots of pieces though... It does help if you're living in the Netherlands (or Europe, at least) to get access to the really old examples. Prices are usually high though...

According to the costums we cannot own mondau if the length is more than our head diameter.. as this mandau wouldnt be friend for the owner.

Head circumference? Diameter would be certainly too short and also with circumference one would wonder about the owners of some of the longer mandau blades...

Actually there is a calculation formula, called "limebalas raja pahlawan" honestly I dont know much about this.. If I come back to my hometown I will do travel to upriver to find any legit resource about this formula..

Yes, that would be nice - I guess this measurement/calculation is a little more complex.


BTW, if you want attached pics to appear in a fixed order, then you need to upload them seperately in the correct order (upload of several files will result in jumbled pics - that's a bit annoying).

In the overview, from left to right:
1. This is from Sanaman Manap
2. This is Mandau Mantikei Mix with Djangkarang
3. This is Kenyah mandau - touristic made
4. This is from my father


I'll let the specialists comment on the pieces (close-ups of the hilt and other details would be great).

Regards,
Kai