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