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Nyabor - Sarawak Museum

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posted on 2023-03-01, 13:05 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat
Hilt of deer antler carved deep relief of phyllormorphic design; the handle covered with brass; wooden sheath of menggris (koompassie malaccensis) and lashed with rattan; blade curved and incised; the finger guard of kunding motif inlaid with brass; waist string of coarse rattan

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

Title alt

Nyabor - Muzium Sarawak

Description alt

Hulu parang diperbuat dari tanduk rusa dan diukir dengan corak tumbuhan; pemegang disalut dengan tembaga; sarung parang diperbuat daripada kayu menggris dan diikat dengan rotan; bentuk bilah parang melengkung dan diukir; bahagian bawah besi diukir dengan corak kunding; tali sarung diperbuat daripada rotan

Cultural group

Iban

Participants

Peter anak Siman

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Dyak Saribas Nyabor sword

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

195

Intent

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

Date of creation

2020-10-05

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0118