Mandau identification request

VANDOO · 2nd April 2015, 04:41 PM

IT IS A MANDAU FROM BORNEO, THE CARVING ON THE HANDLE IS GOOD AND CARVED FROM DEER ANTLER BUT I DON'T THINK IT REPRESENTS AN ELEPHANT THOUGH I DO SEE WHAT YOU SEE. THE DESIGNS ON HANDLE, FIBER KNOT WORK AND SCABBARD ARE TYPICAL DAYAK DESIGNS. YOU CAN FIND QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION USING THE FORUM SEARCH FUNCTION ON VARIOUS WEAPONS FROM BORNEO.
THIS SWORD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT NEW AND BROUGHT BACK AS A SOUVENIR, THE LAST 40 YEARS WOULD BE LIKELY. IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THE ONLY NEGATIVE THING I SEE IS THE WAY THE METAL WAS CRUDELY CUT OUT ON THE BLADE TIP, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT DONE LIKE THAT BEFORE.

2nd April 2015, 04:41 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT IS A MANDAU FROM BORNEO, THE CARVING ON THE HANDLE IS GOOD AND CARVED FROM DEER ANTLER BUT I DON'T THINK IT REPRESENTS AN ELEPHANT THOUGH I DO SEE WHAT YOU SEE. THE DESIGNS ON HANDLE, FIBER KNOT WORK AND SCABBARD ARE TYPICAL DAYAK DESIGNS. YOU CAN FIND QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION USING THE FORUM SEARCH FUNCTION ON VARIOUS WEAPONS FROM BORNEO. THIS SWORD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT NEW AND BROUGHT BACK AS A SOUVENIR, THE LAST 40 YEARS WOULD BE LIKELY. IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THE ONLY NEGATIVE THING I SEE IS THE WAY THE METAL WAS CRUDELY CUT OUT ON THE BLADE TIP, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT DONE LIKE THAT BEFORE.