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Knife2516/15 a-b

Knife (part a) with an L-shaped wooden handle, incised at top. Between handle and blade is a metal band which is mostly gold coloured, but silver underneath. The blade is shaped: it begins narrow at the handle end, then extends on one side convexly, narrowing again at the tip to a point. The upper edge of the blade runs to a gentle peak at the centre and then sloping down again to the tip. The scabbard (part b) is made of two pieces pegged and lashed together. On both sides is an incised line, painted black, that starts 2.5 cm from the top and runs the length of the scabbard, terminating in a black triangle. There are 4 dark brown braided bands encircling the scabbard, approx. 5.5 cm apart. (A fifth is missing.)

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, steel metal, metal, grass ? and paint ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/14 a-b

Knife (part a) with long steel blade. Top edge at blade tip is carved out in notched pattern and the blade itself curves slightly lengthwise. Base of bone handle has interwoven wires wrapped around it, upper area has incised designs and tufts of pink, black and off-white hair sticking out of protrusion openings. The wood scabbard is made of two pieces held together with 15 encircling dark brown grass bands. There are also two designs of interwoven light and dark grass forming circular patterns. The wood of the scabbard (part b) has two areas of incised designs and four areas with pink, black and off-white hair tufts. At the back of the scabbard is a thin pod-like sheath attached, which has a woven grass handle and a string attached through a slit. A piece of stiff folded pig skin(?) protrudes from the bottom opening of the scabbard. There is a group of tufts of hair at the bottom of the scabbard. The wood of the scabbard appears to have been stained.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood, metal, pod ?, pig hair ?, stain ?, dye ?, pig skin ?, cotton fibre, human hair ?, grass ? and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/12 a-b

Working knife (part a) with wooden scabbard (part b). Blade is an elongated wedge shape, that widens toward the end and is covered with a sticky, oily residue. The top end of the blade angles up toward the handle. The handle is thinner near the blade and is covered in a band of interwoven brass wire near the join. The join area of the blade is covered with a hardened black substance. The handle then widens out and has four ridges carved across the end. The wooden scabbard is made of two halves pegged together and has a floral design carved on the upper side near the top. There are four woven bands of grass encircling the scabbard, as well as a twisted double strand of string. The top end of the blade has a stamped mark in the shape of a tiger with two oblong marks beside it.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
grass, cotton fibre, steel metal, brass metal ? and wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword2516/11 a-b

Long curved sword with decorated brass handle. Blade shows part of a maker's mark near handle and is largely tarnished with an oily residue near the hilt. Brass hilt is cross-shaped with a design all around handle area and a round, hollow, bowl-like sphere with a small metal protrusion at the very top. The scabbard is dark brown wood with 9 silver bands of various widths around it - the widest at the bottom. All silver bands are covered in floral and geometric designs with twisted coil borders. Most are loose fitting and seem to have folded paper or card stuck underneath to tighten them.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
belian wood, steel metal, silver metal, brass metal ?, fibre, paper ? and grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark BeaterB128

Bark beater. Long dark brown cylindrical wood piece with coil design tapering into smaller end with knob.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CrossbowIb373 a-b

Wooden crossbow (a) with a twined, fibrous cord (b). Bamboo crosspiece, tapering out from centre has carved dowell-shaped ends. Piece is centred passes through and at right angle to stock. Stock tapers at front end to two points and tapers from join leveling out towards butt end. Two notched rows along length of front end with remains of fur overall, added by gluing(?). Carved notch halfway down stock and dowell ends of crosspiece accommodate. Part b: length of twisted and bound fibre; two loops at each end for fitting over dowels; centre of length is reinforced with twisted bamboo for fitting into notch. Carved, articulated wooden trigger attached by dowel to stock.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
adhesive ?, skin, bamboo grass and wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB90

The basket is woven with natural coloured plant strips. Along the bottom a lozenge design is woven in the two bottom corners and decorated with red and black. Along the rim there is a simple black band. There is a single brown loop on the front bottom centre and two brown loops on the back rim. A twisted fibre is threaded through the bottom loop and each end knotted to a brown loop on the rim creating a handle.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
rattan ? and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltB415

The belt is long and narrow with silver beads sewn onto a doubled red wool band. The beads are sewn in five long rows and completely cover the red band except for the ends. The fibre used for sewing is brown.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
silver metal, fibre, copper alloy metal and wool fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark ClothB159

Reddish-brown rectangular piece of pounded bark cloth. Fold crease in middle.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
bark
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketB158

Bark jacket with long sleeves and horizontal lines of stitching overall to reinforce and prevent separation of the bark fibres.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
bark and fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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