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sword

human history
  • Other Name

    Ilang (Iban)

  • Description

    Ceremonial sword with scabbard. Sword is metal with carved antler hilt with tuft of hair protruding from top. Decorative lashing of split rattan at base of hilt. Scabbard is two strips of shaped wood bound together with rattan. Attached to one side is a smaller scabbard containing a small long handled knife. this smaller scabbard is partially covered with green textile. The carrying cord is split rattan, plaited in the round.

  • Place
    Kapuas River/Kalimantan/Borneo/Indonesia
  • Accession Number
    1990.40
  • Accession Date
    12 Feb 1990
  • Other Id

    53427 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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