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A Indonesian Barang sword, plain steel blade secured to handle…
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Sydney
Date:
11-Dec-2016
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A Indonesian Barang sword, plain steel blade secured to handle with white metal ferrule and wire binding. Hilt in the form of kakatua (cockatoo beak) in light coloured finely figured burlwood known as bunti, with carved protrusions, with wooden sheath (repaired). A/F, Borneo, Indonesia. Provenance: gift of the late Paul Coasack, originally bought back from Borneo after World War II by his uncle, surgeon Jim Russell, author of the book, 'Borneo Doctor'. 65 cm
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Unclassified