Dayak Parang Face Gallery
 

When collecting Borneo Dayak parang one thing that thrills me are the variations of different faces, or full figures, on the top side of the hilt common among some tribes.
That's why I hoped that we all could share our "faces" so we could together create a huge reference image bank of these variations and enjoy them as pieces of art.
For this reason I think it would be great if this thread was pictures only, no comments or questions here either on origin or of appreciation.
And only pictures of dayak parang were the top of the hilt is dominated by a face or sitting figure, none of the other hilt variations here please.
I hope you all will join and share to make this gallery possible.
Here are mine.

Michael

And some more...

here one the rest will follow later

Ben

Nice Thread Michael !!
 

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Great thread. I know Michael really likes these!!

NOT MY FIELD BUT A FABULOUS IDEA!!
 

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Hi boys!

Here is another

Royston

You have one this way up too.

Nice thread :)

Notice the weird (chinese) dragon and the bird too...

last one. real twisted horrific one.

Thanks all so far!
I forgot this face in my first post.

Michael

A couple more....two very abstract.

some more....

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Another happy dragon/makara face parang hilt.

Wow :eek: very rare :confused:

Another Mandau face
 

Here is another that I had not spotted before/

Royston

and some more

rather abstract to me, but still might be considered a face by some.

strange face, but a face on a modang handle. (looks like the long face of my boss at my work)

He, he,

That´s an interesting and unusual face.
Maybe you can post the rest of the mandau in a separate thread?

Michael

Hello Michael, I already did: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10508

And another one. Busang or Bahau.

He Maurice, that strange that face is upside down ! :confused: Are you sure there are no teeth elsewhere?

Arjan

Hello Arjan,

Yes very strange, but it looks like a face.
Here the picture when vice verca.

Not the oldest carving in this thread, but unmistakenly a head.

Not so old, as you already knew, but a very nice hilt.
It´s quite rare with an Y-hilt that also has a face carving, IMHO.

Michael

The combination of this Y shaped hilt and a human face is new to me too.
With teh present USD/Eur rates it came relatively cheap.

It is definately not very old, but considereing the style of the carving I think it must have been a piece for actual use, and not a tourist item yet :shrug:

Modang
 

Received today.

My two last scores.....

mind the enourmous willie on one of them....

Arjan

Arjan,

The top hilt is unusal.
Is it newer or just rare?
Does the rest of the mandau also carry unusual features?

Maurice, that´s a mean looking hilt figure :D

Michael

Hi Michael,

Its indeed unusal its old , I think Dusun here's the side.
I bougth it just for the handle the blade is not interesting an no scabbard.

Arjan

my last find this year probably.

1 year face gallery, congrats Michael!
 

Here my latest find.

As I know nothing about these, is there a significance to the faces? Diety, totems, other?

And another one!

anothers
 

anothers two