Knife (Mandau) and scabbard
1850–1916
- Medium
- metal, wood, bone, hair, and braided cloth cord
- Dimensions
- Blade: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Philippines
About
Both a work of art and a weapon, blades of this type with elaborately carved and plumed hilts were used mainly by the Dyak people of Kalimantan, on the Indonesian Island of Borneo.