A KAYAN-DAYAK MANDAU
Slightly curved blade, the back undulated toward the weak and slightly chiselled and pierced, with central fuller. Nice, bone hilt, finely embossed, the base with vegetable binding. Wooden scabbard, embossed and pierced with bands, and fiber suspension string. Bahau.
Kalimantan, 19th Century
length 54 cm.
Conditions: medium
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Slightly curved blade, the back undulated toward the weak and slightly chiselled and pierced, with central fuller. Nice, bone hilt, finely embossed, the base with vegetable binding. Wooden scabbard, embossed and pierced with bands, and fiber suspension string. Bahau.
Kalimantan, 19th Century
length 54 cm.
Conditions: medium