Lot 532
BORNEO HEAD HUNTERS SWORD AND SCABBARD.
An unusual Head Hunters Sword (mandau) with elaborate carved bone hilt from which is mounted two plumes of dark hair, with a woven grip set with four coins, the curved and shaped 50.5cm blade with spot decoration and decorative detailing to the back. The wooden scabbard with decoratively bound fixings, mounted with three further coins including a Dutch 10 guilder coin dated 1942 (some of the coins possibly recent replacements), with an attached horn handled implement in palm leaf sheath, with woven rattan carrying strap. 71cm overall.
