Sewar Dagger with Golden Crown & Floral Crest Bolster, Malay 19C, Northern Sumatra
An almost similar blade type for sewar/siwah and tumbuk lado : thick and sturdy traditional folded forged blade, single sharped edge and a bit inward curving to end tips. Rarely seen blade bolster encased with thick silver shaped floral crest.Handle carved from buffalo horn shape a bayan bird head ( parrot head ) decorated with typical malay floral motifs. There are a very beautiful gold plated crown ring on the hilt base. Such gold plated crown ring plus silver encased crest bolster indicated the owner nobility / high social status.Scabbard throat carved from horn with similar floral motif, some silver plates and rings banded along scabbard.
A very nice sample of bird head sewar dagger complete with crown & floral crest bolster.
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Bentuk bilah typical sewar/siwah dan tumbuk lada. Pangkal tebal dengan satu sisi bilah tajam dan sedikit melengkung ke ujung yang runcing. Pangkal bilah dilapisi perak tebal yang membentuk "jengger" dihiasi sulur dan bunga.
Gagang diukir dari tanduk kerbau berbentuk kepala burung bayan yang dihiasi motif sulur bunga khas melayu. Di bagian pangkal gagang, terdapat cincin berlapis emas berbentuk mahkota yang sangat indah. Cincin mahkota berlapis emas ditambah jengger berlapis perak menunjukkan status kebangsawanan pemilik.
Sarung kayu dengan warangka diukir dari tanduk , batang sarung dibalut lembaran dan cincin perak.
Rare Bird head Sewar Dagger with Golden Crown & Floral Crest Bolster
- Panjang Keseluruhan = 33cm
- Panjang Sarung = 25cm
- Panjang Gagang = 9cm
- Panjang Bilah = 22cm ( Tebal Pangkal = 18mm ! )
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- Overall Length = 33cm
- Scabbard Length = 25cm
- Hilt Length = 9cm
- Blade Length = 22cm ( Bolster thickness =18mm ! )