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posted on 2023-03-01, 13:05 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat

The hilt of wood; brass handle designed with bamboo shoot motif; plain blade with double curve lines; plain wooden sheath binds with rattan lashings; waist string of rattan and the end part attached with wooden carving of ‘bunga senggang motif’ functioned as a stopper. Peter asserts, it is an agricultural tool based on the weight and the blade design.

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

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Parang tembaga - Muzium Sarawak

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Hulu parang diperbuat daripada kayu; pemegang tembaga diukir dengan ukiran rebung; bilah parang melengkung dan diukir dengan dua garisan; sarung parang diikat dengan rotan; tali sarung diperbuat daripada rotan dan dihias dengan ukiran kayu yang berbentuk bunga senggang dan berfungsi sebagai penahan. Mengikut Peter, parang tersebut digunakan untuk aktiviti pertanian berdasarkan berat dan ukiran parang

Cultural group

Iban

Participants

Peter anak Siman

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Brass weapon

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

696

Intent

The research gap: the materials, the motifs and its symbolic meaning, the uses

Date of creation

2020-10-03

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0119