Dayak Mandau swords
Group of (2) Dayak Mandau swords with elaborately carved handles, to include: pierced decorated steel blade having a carved wood handle with braided wire wrapping, and remnants of hair, (wear and losses to handle decoration); and carved bone handled with steel blade, and carved wood, leather and rattan-wrapped scabbard, (wear from use, loss to handle). Longer sword 31''l overall. Provenance: Estate of William Kranker, collector and dealer, Greenport, NY.
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Group of (2) Dayak Mandau swords with elaborately carved handles, to include: pierced decorated steel blade having a carved wood handle with braided wire wrapping, and remnants of hair, (wear and losses to handle decoration); and carved bone handled with steel blade, and carved wood, leather and rattan-wrapped scabbard, (wear from use, loss to handle). Longer sword 31''l overall. Provenance: Estate of William Kranker, collector and dealer, Greenport, NY.