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
Title alt
Parang tembaga - Muzium Sarawak
Description alt
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