Subject: panjamon warrior
Setting: tribal warfare, Kalimantan 19-20thc
Object: parang latok sword
* Valiant Co. AB-05D
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Sword (parang)
Borneo, 19th century
Parang is the general term applied to most Borneo swords, and to a large group of swords spread through Indonesia.
This particular type, the latok buku, was used by the Land Dyaks of Mindanao." [SIC]
