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Bidayuh pendat - Sarawak Museum
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
M04Rights owner
Durham University / Sarawak MuseumTitle alt
Pendat Bidayuh - Muzium SarawakDescription 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 benangCultural group
BidayuhParticipants
Peter anak SimanCountry
MalaysiaPlace
Sarawak Museum, KuchingItem/object
Bidayuh pendatMuseum name
Sarawak MuseumMuseum collections documentation
90/178Intent
The research gap: the materials, the motifs and its symbolic meaning, the usesDate of creation
2020-09-03Unique ID
2019SG05-M04-0135Usage metrics
Categories
- Social and cultural anthropology
- Heritage, archive and museum studies not elsewhere classified
- Heritage and cultural conservation
- Global Indigenous studies sciences
- Global Indigenous studies culture, language and history
- Global Indigenous studies environmental knowledges and management
- Global Indigenous studies peoples, society and community
