Another mandau Qs

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Originally Posted by Green

2) A figurine was tied to the scabbard? any purpose/significance of this? What is this figurine called? I saw similar figurines of the same size in Serawak museum and the explanation notes say that these are used for fish lures and put in fish traps.

Hello Green,
this figures are very common, they are for example attached by Dayak baby carrier. I still have some from this figures stored somewhere. When I find them I will show some pictures.

Regards,
Detlef