Here we have up for sale a Indonesian Dayak Mandau Short Sword Knife w/ Scabbard!

This unique tribal weapon is a headhunter’s mandau knife made and used by the Dayak people living in Borneo (Kalimantan in Indonesian), Indonesia.  This mandau knife was used in the headhunting ceremony, where after tribes attacked other tribes, they gathered the heads of their enemies to be used in various festivities.  The Mandau knife is both a work of art in itself and a weapon.

The scabbard is made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan and other natural vegetation.  We believe there was a smaller knife that fitted into the piece on the back of the longer sheath, which would have been used to take out the brain out of the skull and other soft tissue of the head as well as sharpening, carving and other general use.

A unique piece for a unique person!

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