Hilt of deer antler carved with motifs and anthropomorphic figure; the handle plaited with rattan; sheath of light red meranti lashed with rattan and copper wayer; the sheath carved and adorned with wildboar canine tooth; waist string of tree bark fibre; the blade neatly carved and with brass tube inlay. The ilang knife was taken by the Iban during the war expedition against the Kayan
History
Session
M04
Rights owner
Durham University / Sarawak Museum
Title alt
Kayan ilang - Muzium Sarawak
Description alt
Hulu parang diperbuat daripada tanduk rusa dan diukir dengan motif; bahagian hadapan hulu parang diukir dengan rupa bentuk anthropomorphic; bahagain pemegang diikat dengan rotan dan wayar tembaga; sarung parang diukir dan dihiasi dengan taring babi hutan; tali sarung parang diperbuat daripada kulit kayu; bilah parang diukir dengan kemas dan dihiasi dengan tube tembaga. Pisau ilang ini diperolehi oleh orang Iban dari orang Kayan semasa serangan perang
Cultural group
Kayan
Participants
Peter anak Siman
Country
Malaysia
Place
Sarawak Museum, Kuching
Item/object
Ilang knife and the carved sheath
Museum name
Sarawak Museum
Museum collections documentation
74/105
Intent
The research gap: the materials, the motifs and its symbolic meaning, the uses