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Kenyah parang ilang - Sarawak Museum

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Hilt of bone and carved mainly with leaches motif and turfed with hair; blade carved and inlaid with copper but some were depilated; the handle plaited with brass and rattan; the sheath carved mainly with a floral motif, lashed with rattan and decorated with pineapple fibre and hair; belt string of wool and adorned with colourful beads, the middle part of the beads attached with coin and the end part adorned with button

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

Title alt

Parang ilang Kenyah - Muzium Sarawak

Description alt

Hulu parang diperbuat daripada tulang dan diukir, motif yang diukir kebanyakkannya lintah dan dihiasi dengan rambut; bilah parang diukir dan dihiasi dengan tembaga tetapi sebahagiannya telah hilang; pemegang diikat dengan tembaga dan rotan; motif sarung parang kebanyakkannya motif tumbuhan, dihiasi dengan serat nanas dan rambut dan diikat dengan rotan; tali sarung parang diperbuat daripada benang dan dihiasi dengan manik, bahagian tengah tali dihiasi dengan duit syiling dan butang di bahagian hujungnya

Cultural group

Kenyah

Participants

Peter anak Siman

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Parang ilang Kenyah

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

83/16

Intent

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

Date of creation

2020-09-10

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0132