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posted on 2023-03-01, 12:57 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat

Hilt of deer antler and carved mainly with leaches motif and an anthropomorphic figure; the handle plaited with rattan; the sheath is carved and lashed with rattan; belt string of rattan; the blade is incised and tempered with brass tube. It is used by the Iban as a form of payment in Tusun Tunggu (a customary fine/law) for individual wrongdoing

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

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Pedang - Muzium Sarawak

Description alt

Hulu parang diperbuat daripada tanduk rusa dan diukir; ukiran pada hulu parang kebanyakkannya terdiri daripada motif lintah dan di bahagian hadapannya diukir dengan rupa bentuk anthropomorphic; bahagian pemegang diikat dengan rotan; sarung parang diukir dan diikat dengan rotan; tali sarung parang diperbuat daripada rotan; bilah parang diukir dan dihiasi dengan tiub tembaga. Ianya digunakan oleh masyarakat Iban dalam tradisi Tusun Tunggu iaitu kaedah pembayaran yang melibatkan objek

Cultural group

Iban

Participants

Peter anak Siman

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Ilang sword

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

94.63

Intent

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

Date of creation

2020-09-15

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0124