A Borneo head hunters sword 19th/early 20th century, horn handle with animal hair finish to end, holding a steel blade with hammered decoration, the segmented wooden scabbard finished with fish scale and scroll paint work augmented with patches of animal hair, strung from the scabbard are twenty seven teeth, missing smaller dagger, 23 1/2in. (59.7cm.) long. * It is reputed that the number of teeth on a head hunters sword represents the number of heads collected with the weapon.
A Borneo head hunters sword 19th/early 20th century, horn handle with animal hair finish to end, holding a steel blade with hammered decoration, the segmented wooden scabbard finished with fish scale and scroll paint work augmented with patches of animal hair, strung from the scabbard are twenty seven teeth, missing smaller dagger, 23 1/2in. (59.7cm.) long. * It is reputed that the number of teeth on a head hunters sword represents the number of heads collected with the weapon.
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