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Bidayuh pendat - Sarawak Museum

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posted on 2023-02-28, 17:38 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat
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

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Pendat Bidayuh - Muzium Sarawak

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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

Date of creation

2020-09-03

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0135