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Ilang sword - Punan Ba

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posted on 2023-02-28, 17:34 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat
Ilang sword presented to the Sarawak Museum as a gift. It is used to slaughter a pig during the Bungan ritual. Agoi Suing claim that his wife is the descendant of the burial pole and the ilang is used to establish her family connection with the artefact. The blade is known as ilang, the hilt of deer antler, the sheath is known as tipak ilang adorned with goat hair (ebuk ilang), an intricate pattern weaved out of split rattan wrapped around the ilang hoister is known as ulat uro balu, the lashes of wai leti (a type of rattan), the small sheath of upih pinang (betelnut sheath) and the main sheath of red meranti wood and varnished

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

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Ilang - Punan Ba

Description alt

Parang ilang yang dihadiahkan kepada Muzium Sarawak. Parang ilang tersebut digunakan untuk menyembelih babi sewaktu upacara Bungan di Muzium Sarawak. Agoi Suing menyatakan bahawa isterinya merupakan pewaris arifak klirieng yang ada dalam koleksi Muzium Sarawak dan penggunaan ilang tersebut mengukuhkan hubungan kekeluargaan diantara pewaris dengan artifak tersebut. Bilah besi dikenali sebagai ilang, hulu parang diperbuat daripada tanduk rusa, sarung parang dikenali sebagai tipak ilang dan dihiasi dengan bulu kambing, ikatan rotan sarung parang dikenali sebagai ulat uro balu yang diperbuat daripada wai leti, sarung pisau diperbuat daripada upih pinang dan sarung parang diperbuat daripada kayu meranti dan dicat

Cultural group

Punan Ba

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Ilang sword presented to the Sarawak Museum as a gift

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

2020/35

Cultural context/event

Ceremony

Social group setting

Elders

Location

Ethnology storeroom, Sarawak Museum

Intent

Material culture

Date of creation

2020-10-15

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0145