Parang Negara/Muslim Mandau

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Originally Posted by Dajak

Hi take a good look sumatra I never see with rattan bindings and look at the motif sumatra goes inside this one goes outside...

Hi Ben,

That's a very interesting observation I haven't thought about before.
It's probably very good together with other clues, but not by itself.
Because this is also found in some parts of Sumatra.
Like f.i. the Padang highlands (see a couple of examples illustrated in the Leiden catalogue - Sumatra III; Central Sumatra by Fischer).
As well as Aceh of course (which probably isn't relevant in this case).

Also, several Borneo hilts have the floral motif going inside?
On the rattan I don't think I have seen it often on Borneo weapons?

Michael

[Dajak]

Hi Michael you see the rattan binding on some philipine weapons like the moro keris in the north part off borneo
and some mandau s have it too .
I have an parang sankit from the Muruts with binding like an moro keris .

the Leiden museum is nice but you also see that they have Sikims that they are telling it is from Borneo .
the only Thing I use the Leiden museum for is when they bring the weapon in .


Ben

[VVV]

Originally Posted by Dajak

Hi Michael you see the rattan binding on some philipine weapons like the moro keris in the north part off borneo
and some mandau s have it too .
I have an parang sankit from the Muruts with binding like an moro keris .

the Leiden museum is nice but you also see that they have Sikims that they are telling it is from Borneo .
the only Thing I use the Leiden museum for is when they bring the weapon in .


Ben

Hi Ben,

I think the few examples they have chosen to illustrate, as typical for the region, in the catalogues
are better documented than some of the few mistakes that show up in all publications.
I don't know the Sikim example but doesn't they describe where it was collected, not manufactured?
I know which parang sangkit you mean and it looks very much like a Sulu binding but it's not rattan?
Otherwise I agree on the rattan on the hilts of Moro swords.

Michael