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Knife (Mandau) and scabbard
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineKnife (Mandau) and scabbard, c. 1900. Indonesia, Borneo. Metal, wood, bone, hair, and braided cloth cord; blade: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.745
