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Parang ilang Kenyah - Sarawak Museum

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Hilt of bone and turfed with hair; the handle plaited with rattan; the sheath of dark meranti and carved; the sheath lashed with rattan and attached to it is a small sheath of a wild palm; the sheath adorned with pineapple fibre; the blade is carved and inlaid with brass

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 dihiasi dengan rambut; pemegang diikat dengan rotan; sarung parang diperbuat daripada kayu meranti dan diukir; sarung parang diikat dengan rotan dan disertakan sarung pisau yang diperbuat daripada upih sawit liar; sarung parang dihiasi dengan serat nanas; bilah parang diukir dan dihiasi dengan tembaga

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

TP/04/97(1-18)

Intent

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

Date of creation

2020-10-01

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0133