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A DAYAK PARANG IHLANG SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:250.00 - 300.00 USD
A DAYAK PARANG IHLANG SWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
The grip of staghorn, finely carved with aso motifs with finely woven rattan gripwrap. The hardwood scabbard carved and bound with rattan; retains its bark sheath for the by-knife. The handforged blade chisel-edged and convex on the reverse, elaborately profiled along the spine. First half of the 20th century. Losses to rattan bindings. Overall length 61.3 cm.
Condition III