Mandau in scientific journal

[Marcus]

The carving on my Dayak Mandau inspired me to research betel nut. Our results were published this week. This is the journal article with a picture of the sword.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0140907

This an editorial which is written more for the lay-person:

http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/betel-the-orphan-addiction-2155-6105-1000e130.pdf

This is a press release from my University:

https://ufhealth.org/news/2015/researcher-finds-key-clues-about-betel-nut-addiction-plagues-millions-worldwide

[David]

On my reading list. Thanks Marcus!

[Ian]

Great stuff Roger. Enjoyed reading your article.

I tried the preparation once in New Guinea (necessary to preserve "face" with the locals) and found it to be extremely bitter and unpleasant. I imagine it is an acquired taste, like most addictive substances.

Among the Moro there are elaborate paraphernalia associated with the habit, most notably partitioned silver boxes of elaborate design. I had a small collection of these many years ago that were stolen when I was away on vacation--they left the swords, but took the silver boxes and related pieces! Go figure.

Ian

[ariel]

A mandau in "PLOS ONE"!
:-)

Not too shabby!
Nice paper! Congratulations!