29th Sep, 2017 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 74
 

74

A Dayak Head Hunter's Sword (Mandau), the 52cm single edge clip point steel blade inlaid to the...

A Dayak Head Hunter's Sword (Mandau), the 52cm single edge clip point steel blade inlaid to the back edge on the right side with S scroll and dot motifs in brass, with rattan and sennet bound grip and bone pommel carved as a grotesque mask with trimmed white and red dyed hair tuft, the two piece wood scabbard with carved decoration, bound with woven rattan and with an animal hide pouch trimmed with tufts of hair and containing a piso raout (whittling knife), the plaited rattan carrying strap hung with beaded tassels

Sold for £380
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 29th Sep, 2017

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