Bidayuh pendat, a battle sword used in headhunting and for ritual ceremony. Bare handle with some part covered with aluminium plate and plaited with dicranopteris sp in between; sheath lashed with dicranopteris sp and one rattan lashings at the end; bellt string of cotton fibre
History
Session
M04
Rights owner
Durham University / Sarawak Museum
Title alt
Pendat Bidayuh - Muzium Sarawak
Description alt
Bidayuh pendat digunakan dalam tradisi pemburuan kepala dan upacara ritual. Pemegang parang tidak mempunyai hulu dan disaluti dengan plat aluminium dan sebahagiannya diikat dengan ikatan kokot atau demam; sarung parang diikat dengan kokot atau demam serta rotan dibahagian hujung sarung; tali sarung parang diperbuat daripada benang
Cultural group
Bidayuh
Participants
Peter anak Siman
Country
Malaysia
Place
Sarawak Museum, Kuching
Item/object
Bidayuh pendat
Museum name
Sarawak Museum
Museum collections documentation
90/178
Intent
The research gap: the materials, the motifs and its symbolic meaning, the uses