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Native Malay parang, 1950 circa (wood and metal)

Native Malay parang by Malaysian Artist
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Native Malay parang, 1950 circa (wood and metal)

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Malaysian School (19th-20th century) / Malaysian

Location

National Army Museum, London

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wood and metal

Date

1950 AD (C20th AD)

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Native Malay parang, 1950 circa. Servicemen in Malaya during the Emergency (1948-1957) used large knives to clear jungle paths. Although issued with machetes most found a more effective knife to be the locally made parang or klewang. This particular knife, made by a local Iban, has had the wooden scabbard painted jungle green to match a man’s kit.

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National Army Museum, London, UK / Bridgeman Images

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