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Parang ilang Penan - Sarawak Museum

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posted on 2023-02-28, 17:38 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat
Parang ilang of the Penan Silat Upper Baram; wooden hilt, the handle plaited with rattan; the sheath carved and lashed with two different pattern of lashings (simple knotting and a whirlpool); belt string of rattan; blade is plain

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

Title alt

Parang ilang Penan - Muzium Sarawak

Description alt

Parang ilang dari Penan Silat Ulu Baram; hulu parang diperbuat daripada kayu dan pemegangnya diikat dengan rotan; sarung parang diukir dan diikat dengan dua jenis corak ikatan rotan (ikatan rotan biasa dan pusat bedus); tali sarung parang diperbuat daripada rotan; bilah parang tidak mempunyai sebarang corak

Cultural group

Penan

Participants

Peter anak Siman

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Parang ilang Penan

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

92/201

Intent

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

Date of creation

2020-09-21

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0138