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A RARE NAGA HEADHUNTER TWO-HANDED DAO SWORD

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A RARE BORNEO HEADHUNTER MANDAU SWORD: An above average example, the antler grip with intricately carved pommel and finely-woven grip wrap. The hardwood scabbard well carved and profiled, retains its pisau raut knife. The blade robust and

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A RARE DAYAK HEADHUNTER LANGGAI TINGGANG SWORD: A very seldom encountered form. The characteristic grip of antler, finely-carved with aso motifs and retaining its intricately-woven rattan wrap and hair ornaments. The massive, handwrought blade expa

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A RARE DAYAK HEADHUNTER LANGGAI TINGGANG SWORD: A very seldom encountered form. The characteristic grip of antler, finely-carved with Dayak motifs and retaining its intricately-woven rattan wrap and hair ornaments. The massive, handwrought blade of

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A RARE DAYAK HEADHUNTER LANGGAI TINGGANG SWORD: A very seldom encountered form. The characteristic grip of antler, carved with aso and scrollwork and retaining its horn and silver ferrule. The massive, handwrought blade expanding continuously to th

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A RARE NAGA HEADHUNTER TWO-HANDED DAO SWORD

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Garo People, of a form very seldom encountered, known as a Mil-Am. Wrought of a single piece of steel, the tang straight with spatulate pommel, the heavy blade obliquely angled at the forte, then straight and double-edged, with a cusped tip. The guard is composed of a steel rod passed through a punched aperture in the tang, embellished with hide sections. 19th century. Well worn. Overall length 75cm. Condition III