Pakayun

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Pakayun
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A late 19th century pakayun sword.
Type Sabre sword
Place of origin Borneo (Brunei; North Kalimantan, Indonesia; Sabah, Malaysia)
Service history
Used by Dayak people (Murut people), Orang Ulu (Lun Bawang)
Specifications
Lengthapproximately 80–90 cm (31–35 in) blade

Blade  typeSingle edge
Hilt  typeWood with brass ferrule
Scabbard/sheath Wood

The pakayun, as it is called among Malay-speaking Muruts, or parapat in the Murut language, [1] or pelepet or felepet to the Lun Bawang / Lundayeh people, [2] is a sword characteristic of the Murut people of Borneo. [3]

The pakayun is a sabre sword with a light curved blade and a curious forked pommel. [4] The blade is of almost uniform diameter throughout, with its back shorter than the edge, so that there is a short slope at the tip of the blade. [5]

A Pakayun sword in its scabbard. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zwaard - RV-2978-45.png
A Pakayun sword in its scabbard.

See also

References

  1. The Sarawak Museum Journal: Volume 4, Issues 12-15. The Gouvernment Printing Office, Kuching Sarawak. 1937. p. 230. OCLC   1227337846.
  2. Haslina Bujang (27 October 2018). "Senjata Tradisional Lun Bawang Yang Hilang – Felepet". The Patriots. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  3. "American Anthropological Association, Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.), American Ethnological Society". American Anthropologist: Volume 4. American Anthropological Association. 1902. p. 557. OCLC   51205515.
  4. George Cameron Stone (2013). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times. Dover Publications. p. 479. ISBN   978-04-861-3129-0.
  5. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1901). Journal - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 31. Dover Publications. p. 225. ISSN   0025-1496.