Mytribalworld
19th January 2007, 03:12 PM
Hi,
I would like to know if there are collectors who has also mandau's with a face on the grip.
on the pics below two very old examples one is in my own collection and the other sadly not (yet?) :D :D :D
the one with the rattan stick along the scabbard is a very old type and could be dating from around 1850-1880.
the other one is also very old and I think dating around 1880-1900.
note the very nice carved faces.Tromp who was a resident in Borneo was interested in mandaugrips and so he almost the only one as far as I know who has written an article about them.
He mentioned that the faced grip was quite common in his day's (1880)
and he mentioned that they ( the dayak) had sometimes an uncarved model.
indeed I could find plenty models in the museum with a face ( however not many like the pics here) but only a few 2-3 uncarved models.
also it seems that however the facemodel was widespread they are hard to find nowadays.
Arjan.
I would like to know if there are collectors who has also mandau's with a face on the grip.
on the pics below two very old examples one is in my own collection and the other sadly not (yet?) :D :D :D
the one with the rattan stick along the scabbard is a very old type and could be dating from around 1850-1880.
the other one is also very old and I think dating around 1880-1900.
note the very nice carved faces.Tromp who was a resident in Borneo was interested in mandaugrips and so he almost the only one as far as I know who has written an article about them.
He mentioned that the faced grip was quite common in his day's (1880)
and he mentioned that they ( the dayak) had sometimes an uncarved model.
indeed I could find plenty models in the museum with a face ( however not many like the pics here) but only a few 2-3 uncarved models.
also it seems that however the facemodel was widespread they are hard to find nowadays.
Arjan.