A DAYAK MANDAU

Slightly curved, single-edged blade, the back and the base chiselled toward the weak, engraved and pierced, an engraved band on one side; bone, embossed hilt, the base with vegetable binding, the pommel with long horsehair. Nice, wooden scabbard, embossed and decorated with colored fibers and horsehair, bone, embossed chape.

Borneo, Late 19th Century
length 66 cm.
Conditions: good