Iban Piso Podang (big images)

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Thanks Dinggat , but what makes this particular example Iban ?
Where it was collected ?
The scabbard style or the repousse style ?

What about this sword makes it an Iban example ?

Hello Rick,

Check out the original thread. The link is at the start of this thread.
His mother is living in Sarawak and this is a family heirloom.
That definately makes it Iban.

But in general it is often the fittings on the scabbard that make it Iban.
This type of hilt is indeed seen on batak and Iban podangs , but ofcourse the hilt is not indiginous to neither of them
The blades are most of the times imported, often from Europe.

Further some say that the batak hilt have a cup that is more open , and the
Iban hilts have a cup that is more closed. But IMHO opinion one can not determin them on basis of the cup alone.

All Iban examples that I have seen have brass hilts.
Batak pieces can also have iron hilts or other metal hilts (nickel etc)