SWORD, Dyak, Borneo

W1970.726

Sword; ebony carved handle, brass wire binding, stained hair decoration [now very little left].
Scabbard; wooden with cane binding and carving, stained hair decoration. Accessory bark scabbard, knife missing. Cane hangers with piece of bird skeleton attached.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: W1970.726
Accession Date: 21 May 1962

Material

Ebonya - sword
Brass/Metala - sword
Haira - sword
Woodb - scabbard
Cane/Plantb - scabbard
Bone/Skeletalb - scabbard

Measurement

length710mm
length680mm
length510mmblade

 


 

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