5th April 2013, 11:52 AM | #1 |
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2 Borneo swords for comment..
Hi everybody ,I just receive this 2 mandau swords
The first one his with 78 cm over all and 62 cm for the blade the second is with 87 cm and a blade about 71 cm. Unfortunately they don' have the scabbard Any comment about age and origin will be welcome. |
5th April 2013, 11:54 AM | #2 |
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more pics
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5th April 2013, 11:58 AM | #3 |
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5th April 2013, 12:00 PM | #4 |
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I like them already.
Do you have pictures of the complete blade + handle ? (I am missing the blade tips, and would love to discuss them ) |
5th April 2013, 02:43 PM | #5 |
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I will start with pictures from the 2 swords and after one by one I hope it will be more convenient for you Regards Cerjak |
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the second sword alone
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I think it has Murut flavour in a Bahau way.... (I meant the river Bahau and not the tribe...) |
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5th April 2013, 02:58 PM | #9 |
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Now seriously!
Nice blades Cerjak. Upper one Kenya tribe from the Baram area, lower one from the Ibans. Maurice Last edited by Maurice; 5th April 2013 at 03:11 PM. |
5th April 2013, 07:10 PM | #10 |
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Nice examples and Maurice has already placed them (although I DO sense a bit Murut-influence ). Too bad there are no scabbards; they can have some nice carvings on them.
Last edited by David; 5th April 2013 at 07:56 PM. Reason: Don't even go there in jest Indy! |
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To avoid any confusion, Maurice's identification (upper and lower) refers to the following order of mandaus : |
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6th April 2013, 12:02 AM | #13 |
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For all of us, what specifically says "Kenyah" or "Iban" about each piece? Which features make them unique to those tribes??
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6th April 2013, 05:00 AM | #14 |
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...and for the record are we looking at mandaus here or parangs. It has always been my understanding that mandaus have concave/convex blades.
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The Baram Kenja piece is typical for this area because of the "wild" carvings in combination with all other aspects (like the shape) of the handle. Ofcourse other tribes hilts could be wildly carved, but the way this one is carved tells me it's from the Kenja's from the Baram area. The shape of the blade in combination with the decoration and inlay in the blade, also match perfectly with the hilt. David, according Shelford this one we could call "Baieng". The Iban parang (for the correct name we should ask Michael, but a parang I'd call it as it isn't a mandau), has a niabor like hilt. Also the bladeshape/decoration is the right one for this area. Maurice Last edited by Maurice; 6th April 2013 at 07:13 AM. |
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Nice finds Cerjak!
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6th April 2013, 05:14 PM | #17 |
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Maurice ,asomotif & Michael
many thanks for your help so origin it's solve but about age I know that it is quiet dificult with ethnographic arms but would like to know your opinion and also the way you are using to determinate it Kind regards |
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handles mostly symmetric carved. Iban carving shows a much richer variation of motifs. Handles maybe carved symmetric but also asymmetric. Arjan |
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