Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Mandau from Hornbill and Dragon exhibition

Bob A · 18th January 2020, 07:31 AM

This mandau is not illustrated in Hornbill and Dragon. That book has only a few pages of mandau illustrations, being more of an overview of the decorative artifacts of Borneo.

I also examined van Zonneveld's Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago without success.

You might wish to add a photograph of the other side of the weapon's sheath, which is the side facing away from the bearer's body, and usually rather more decorative.

There are other posters here whose knowledge and access to information is considerably more extensive than mine.

18th January 2020, 07:31 AM	#2
Bob A Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 409	This mandau is not illustrated in Hornbill and Dragon. That book has only a few pages of mandau illustrations, being more of an overview of the decorative artifacts of Borneo. I also examined van Zonneveld's Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago without success. You might wish to add a photograph of the other side of the weapon's sheath, which is the side facing away from the bearer's body, and usually rather more decorative. There are other posters here whose knowledge and access to information is considerably more extensive than mine.