Angular single-edged sword [.1], parang pandat, forged from an iron bar of rectangular section. With carved wooden sheath [.2] inlaid with silver foil. [LM 05/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Angular single-edged sword [.1], parang pandat, forged from an iron bar of rectangular section. With carved wooden sheath [.2] inlaid with silver foil. [LM 05/06/2007]
Long description: Sword has jagged point and metal cross guard. The grip, a continuation of the blade, is covered with silver foil and bound with wire and copper alloy; it is decorated with tufts of red and black hair and the remains of a carved ivory pommel. Sheath has openwork carving and hair tufts at the base, and a carrying strap of red cotton textile. [LM 05/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Sarawak
Cultural groups: Bidayuh
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Archibald E. Godfrey
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1928
Date collected: By 1928
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Hair, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Silver Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Inlaid, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 735 mm, Length: max 730 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.58.1.1 Accession number: 1928.58.1.2
Research and responses: Archibald E. Godfrey started trading as an antique dealer at 50 St Giles, Oxford in 1916 [AP 17/01/2007]

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath

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