Title
Sword
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Pakpak-Dairi Batak, North Sumatra
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 61.0 x 8.0 x 2.0 cm
Accession No.
2013-00948
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Mandala Foundation
The piso sanalenggam is one of the rarest and most distinctive of Batak swords. Their curiously shaped and decorated sheaths may relate to early Dong Son or Austronesian influences. They are reserved for the use of shaman priests known as datu among the Pakpak-Dairi Batak.
