Saturday, September 5, 2009


Mandau is a kind of machete blades from the Borneo Dayak culture.Mandau is one of Indonesia's traditional weapons. Often also found additional holes in the blade is covered with a brass or copper in order to beautify the saber blades. Kumpang is saber blade sheath. Kumpang made of wood, covered with deer antlers, and usually decorated with carvings. In addition to such kumpang also tied bags made from bark containing wood blade and ivory believed to be refused the beast. Threshold is the name for the saber is made of ordinary iron. Often used as souvenirs. Lay people or people who are not accustomed to seeing or even holding the saber will be difficult to distinguish between saber with the threshold for when viewed in the visible are both almost the same. However, both are very different. But if we look in more detail it will show a very striking difference, namely the saber is carved or inlaid with gold, copper, or silver and mandau more powerful and flexible, because the mandau made of mountain stone that contains iron and processed by an expert. While the threshold is only made of ordinary steel. According to the literature in the Museum Balanga, Palangkaraya, the raw material is iron saber (Sanaman) MANTIKEI contained in Matikei river, Village Fall Atei, District Sanaman Matikei, Samba, East Kotawaringin. This iron is flexible, so easy dibengkokan. Raw materials used to manufacture saber can also use iron per car, chain saw blade, disc drive and the other rod of iron. Working tool is a hammer used mainly, betel, and pointed to sebasang perforated metal saber for garnish. Original saber a denial, denial is the science collections dayak tribe obtained from the hermitage or lelulur instructions used for war. Denial will make people who hold the saber powerful, strong and resistant in the face of the enemy. saber and denial is a single entity that can not be separated from generation to generation from the ancestors.

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