Mandau

[Marc M.]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Hi Marc,

Do you have picture of the other side of the blade ?

Roughly / locally forged blades are sometimes referred to as "mantikei".
I have 1 blade in my collection with a similar surface as this one.
They are rare, but I am not sure if they have a special status.

I read on the forum in an old post that when the men left the village to settle a conflict, the big mandau were taken with them and the small ones stayed in the village to defend it. I also thought I read that the mandau's were kept in the men's house, longhouse. No idea if this is correct, can't find the post again.

Regards
Marc