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
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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