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
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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