KNIFE Sewar type - Island of Sumatra, Indonesia - 19th century

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KNIFE Sewar type - Island of Sumatra, Indonesia - 19th century

Name: KNIFE Sewar type - Island of Sumatra, Indonesia - 19th century
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 4LE4JCKYC3
Price: 820 EUR
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820 €

Period 19th century

Style Other style

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KNIFE type Sewar
Sumatra Island, Indonesia
nineteenth century
Steel, horn, silver, marine ivory and wood
Long. total: 26 cm; L.: 5.5 cm
Long. knife: 22.5cm

Dagger with single-edged steel blade, with finely carved horn rocket and openwork with plant motifs, scabbard, consisting of a wooden blade with chiseled silver trimmings and enlivened with foliage scrolls.

Sewar knives have the particularity of being used during the Sewa dances of the matrilineal Minangkabau society. These ritualized combats were carried out by two or three dancers, all adorned with a sewar except one.

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