A DAYAK MANDAU
Strong, single-edged blade. Wooden, embossed hilt provided with tufts in horsehair, partially covered with brass wire binding. Nice scabbard, engraved and embossed, decorated with braided, fiber bands. A scabbard for a knife on the back. Suspension rope in braided fiber.
Borneo, 20th Century
length 62 cm.
Conditions: very good
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Strong, single-edged blade. Wooden, embossed hilt provided with tufts in horsehair, partially covered with brass wire binding. Nice scabbard, engraved and embossed, decorated with braided, fiber bands. A scabbard for a knife on the back. Suspension rope in braided fiber.
Borneo, 20th Century
length 62 cm.
Conditions: very good