Sword
P1234A
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Parang |
| Object Number | P1234A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kenyah |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Iron | Wood | Hair |
| Description | Sword (parang). Long, straight iron blade, swelling to triangular tip. Hilt is polished brown wood, angled, elaborately carved and with multiple tufts of yellow-white hair. Binding of black fiber with brown chevrons, gutta percha band. |
| Length | 67 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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