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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
M04Rights owner
Durham University / Sarawak MuseumTitle alt
Pedang - Muzium SarawakDescription 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 objekCultural group
IbanParticipants
Peter anak SimanCountry
MalaysiaPlace
Sarawak Museum, KuchingItem/object
Ilang swordMuseum name
Sarawak MuseumMuseum collections documentation
94.63Intent
The research gap: the materials, the motifs and its symbolic meaning, the usesDate of creation
2020-09-15Unique ID
2019SG05-M04-0124Usage metrics
Categories
- Social and cultural anthropology
- Heritage, archive and museum studies not elsewhere classified
- Heritage and cultural conservation
- Global Indigenous studies sciences
- Global Indigenous studies culture, language and history
- Global Indigenous studies environmental knowledges and management
- Global Indigenous studies peoples, society and community
