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Headhunter Mandau Knife Set Of Dayak People Kalimantan Borneo Indonesia
Headhunter Mandau Knife Set Of Dayak People Kalimantan Borneo Indonesia
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Headhunter Mandau Knife Set Of Dayak People Indonesia

$1,170.00

This unique tribal weapon is a headhunter’s mandau knife set made and used by the Dayak people living in Borneo (Kalimantan in Indonesian), Indonesia.  This mandau knife was used in the headhunting ceremony, where after tribes attached other tribes, they gathered the heads of their enemies to be used in various festivities.  The Mandau knife is both a work of art in itself and a weapon.

It consists of a long knife with a dear horn for the handle which is carved ornately and strands of hair (human?).  The scabbard is made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan and other natural vegetation.  The smaller knife fitted to a long wooden stick which is also decorated, was used to take out the brain out of the skull and other soft tissue of the head as well as sharpening, carving and other general use.

Dimensions

Total length in scabbard: 61 cm/24 inches

Sword: 53 cm/20.8 inches

Knife: 41 cm/16.14 inches

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SKU: 0201 Categories: Antique Edged Weapons, Militaria Antiques & Collectibles Tags: Dayak Headhunters Knife, Headhunter Mandau Knife, Headhunter Mandau Knife Set, Headhunter Mandau Knife Set Of Dayak People Indonesia, Headhunter's Knife, Kalimantan Borneo Mandau Sword, Mandau Dayak Sword
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The tradition of headhunting was beginning to come to an end in 1874, with encouragement from the Dutch colonial powers, after all Dayak people tribes acknowledged that the practice brings more conflict than peace, thus diminishing revenge killings and village raids.  The mass conversions to Christianity by the colonial missionaries and the official banning of the practice by law, further minimized the headhunting tradition.  However, in times of great conflict when the Indonesian State was in danger and the Dayak were called upon to help defend the nation, headhunting was allowed in fighting the Malaysians, the Japanese in World War Two and later in the early 1960’s against communist influence from within the State and from outside.  This headhunter mandau knife set is part of a dying if not vanished tradition.

Photos of the pages were taken from the book: Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago by Albert G. van Zonneveld, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, 2001.

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