Borneo Parang Ihlang

[David]

Originally Posted by JoeCanada42

if you take the krowit of the ant jaws. and if they twist the opposite direction,
and if you look at only half.
( such as on the top of the Dayak blade with the gold stars- photo with the moro sword)
if you look at only half , it looks almost like a pangolin head and tongue, more so it starts to look like on the moro, especialy if you use the skull as an example, when you look at the skull you notice the toothless jaw.

While i don't really know enough about Dayak cultures and their weapons to form any strong opinions about your pangolin reference in regards to their motifs i can say with some confidence that i don't believe such a reference applies to the Moro kris.

[JoeCanada42]

thanks Jim,
also, I can agree , probably no connection with the pangolin and the Moro keris.
Again I know very little about the cultures involved, I hoped my uneducated perhaps new look at things may be interesting. the Moro similarity I pointed out , perhaps may be just a similar technique of forging or decorating has gotten around. and although they look similar sometimes, probably are meant to represent different subjects.
The swords are vastly different I would like to imagine they pay tribute to different animal inspirations.
The elephant does seem to fit the Moro sword. the stirrup or asang asang (sorry if I called it wrong) does look like elephants tusks. also I think I saw one made with a birds beak which was cool..

[Tim Simmons]

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[kai]

Hello Tim,

Similarity depends on your point of view. Yes, it is a typical Iban blade.

In the pic, that's a niabor/nyabor (or arguably a langgai tinggang intermediate if a resin "ferrule" is present): Note the edge curving towards the back of the blade.

Regards,
Kai