Mandau with some unusual motifs

VVV · 13th September 2011, 06:10 AM

Yes Maurice, I remember that mandau. I have also had a mandau with chinese plates like yours
(but not as nice). Chinese beads and urns are very popular too among dayaks, all over the island.

David, the rings don't continue on the other side/half of the scabbard.
As a rule the back side is always unadorned on mandau scabbards.
On the Moro rings I have another kris with rings like that and it has 8 of them.
The reason I was curious on it was because the dayaks of Sarawak/Sabah
had a lot of contacts with Moros so that's maybe why it could have had the same source.

Michael

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13th September 2011, 06:10 AM	#9
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Yes Maurice, I remember that mandau. I have also had a mandau with chinese plates like yours (but not as nice). Chinese beads and urns are very popular too among dayaks, all over the island. David, the rings don't continue on the other side/half of the scabbard. As a rule the back side is always unadorned on mandau scabbards. On the Moro rings I have another kris with rings like that and it has 8 of them. The reason I was curious on it was because the dayaks of Sarawak/Sabah had a lot of contacts with Moros so that's maybe why it could have had the same source. Michael