SWORD, Mandau, Borneo

W1970.54.a-b

[.a] sword; wooden handle, cane binding, decoration on steel blade, copper inlay.
[.b] scabbard; wood, stained red, carved, plaited cane binding, accessory knife, wood and bone handled in bark sheath. Hangers of cloth and fibre.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: W1970.54.a-b
Accession Date: 8 Sep 1961

Material

Wood/Wooda - sword
Cane/Planta - sword
Copper/Metala - sword
Wood/Woodc - accessory knife
Bone/Skeletalc - accessory knife
Materialc - accessory knife
Woodc - accessory knife

Measurement

length670mm
length510mmblade
length640mm

 


 

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