This old Iban Parang Nyabor belongs to Mr.Kuling Ganing, a shutdown crew member.
It have been passed on from his father to him and it must be more than a hundred years old.
It's tilt (hulu) is made of deer's horn and hand carved with fine design which Mr Kuling
was unable to duplicate on another sword he made from chain saw metal.
The hilt maker he engaged for the job just gave up.
This hand carving rivals that of the chinese ivory carvings.
This is the other parang that Mr. Kuling tried to duplicate
The blade have too many taboo (pantang) in the process to shape it
It have been passed on from his father to him and it must be more than a hundred years old.
It's tilt (hulu) is made of deer's horn and hand carved with fine design which Mr Kuling
was unable to duplicate on another sword he made from chain saw metal.
The hilt maker he engaged for the job just gave up.
This hand carving rivals that of the chinese ivory carvings.
This is the other parang that Mr. Kuling tried to duplicate
the hilt from the original.
The tilt is too hard to be carved,
i think there must be some special procedures to soften it
before it is able to be carved.
The blade have too many taboo (pantang) in the process to shape it
that the blade maker refuse to complete what was originally planned.
The top part is supposed to have the 'mata langai tinang' and the bottom the 'mata kunding.
The scabbard looks nice.
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"I have been acquiring all manners of Dayak art for many years and live in the region. I occasionally acquire old Mandau handles mostly Dayak Kenyah motifs as Iban folks are out of my area. I have focused on the old as is usually considered a 'ritual amulet.' These are important acquisitions even the new ones as they conspire to traditional motif." 'Contact me should you want to be notified of any new findings." WJSidmore
Mammoth,
Thanks for visiting,you have a very nice collection of old amulets,
i am not a collector by just curious on old things.
To see the variety of parang Ilang please visit :......parangjohnny@blogspot.com....so many parang ilang, nyabor, parang sarawak and terabai
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