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Cerjak 13th September 2014 02:20 PM
Dayak mandau for ID
 
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Hi everybody

I would like to have an estimation of age for this dayak sword.
I hope that somebody could tell me if this sword is from 19 TH C.
Total long is about 70 cm
Any comment on it is welcome
Best
Cerjak

kai 15th September 2014 10:39 PM
Hello Cerjak,

I hope the Borneo experts will comment, too.

To me this looks like a post-WW2 piece with scabbard being rather recent.

BTW, it is not common to be able to positively identify a mandau as a 19th c. example. Many good old examples are early 20th c.

Regards,
Kai


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