MANDAU SCABBARD WITH RARE BRASS PLATE
 

AN NICE MANDAU with very rare brass plate on it

Does any one see this before ???


Ben

Hello Ben,

Wow, that's also a very nice amulet!

Does the plate show any typical Dayak motifs?

Regards,
Kai

Nice find!
Haven't seen anything like it before.
Please share some more of it and tell us about it.

Michael

Hi Kai and Michael here some more pics .

I think the Brass plate s maybe parts off chinese coins I don t now .
The handle also rare style .

The amulet is an piece of an bear jaw .

Ben

Hello Ben,

Congrats, you really get the nicest toys!

Too large for coins AFAIK. Probably some other gadget which found its way into Dayak hands?

Any clues on ethnic/geographic origin?


BTW, did you get my email/PM some weeks ago?

Regards,
Kai

If there is a hole in the center of the brass plate it could maybe be a flattened opium pipe fitting?

Michael

Ben,

This mandau is no longer for auction than ?
Pictures look your work and not the seller that was offering it last week.

Best regards,
Willem

Hi Willem no I trade the mandau with him same as the shield


Ben

Hi Ben. Nice mandau. Would it be possible to see a clear close-up of the coin at the base of the hilt. This is only the second time i have seen this (though admittedly my experience is limited), the other one is mine discussed in this thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=mandau

Hi David the coin on the handle mostly Dutch dime
this is not rare and can be seen a lot mostly it disapear and we only see the place where the coin was

the one in the forum looks also Like an dutch dime one side Dutch otherside Indonesian or arabic
Also only Dutch both side s and under the Handle also can be found an coin from Sarawak Radja James Brooke
The Only White Radja in History .

Ben,

Charles Brooke (nefew of James) and Charles' son Charles Vyner Brooke, where they not white ? :rolleyes:

yes that is right I did mean the Brooke s are the only ones .
Thanks Willem.
But mostly the coin from J.Brooke we find on the Jimpul .
Here are Charles , James and cv Brooke


Hi David
Here is an Dutch coin Nederlands-Indie 2 and a half cents other side different language.
same as 10 cents . so I can say it is an dutch coin on the mandau of yours .
I have missed that post otherwise you would have sooner reaction on it sorry.

Ben

Hi Michael
Half hole so far as I can see


Kai I don t now yet where its from rare carving on the scabbard I am still looking .

I might found out where the mandau is from .
The carving on the handle can be found with the Bussang people .


Ben

Hello Ben,

Do they live along the middle Mahakam river?

Regards,
Kai

Hi Kai they live above mahakam between Kenya and Modang in the 1980 that can be found in Hornbill and Dragon.

Ben