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