Baru Lema'a
| Baru Lema'a | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Baru Lema'a |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Indonesia , native warriors |
| Distribution: | Indonesia |
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The Baru Lema'a is an armor from Indonesia.
description
The Baru Lema'a is made in the shape of a vest . It consists of the braided, coarse fibers of the Iluk plant. The fibers are braided and the strands, lying next to each other, are connected again. It has neither sleeves nor a collar . In the neck area there is a protruding surface that is similar to two connected circles. This serves to protect the neck from blows. The vest is heavy and inflexible. It is used by ethnic groups from Indonesia.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert G. van Zonneveld: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-5450-004-2 .
literature
- Joachim Freiherr von Brenner-Felsach : A trip to Nias. Unpublished manuscripts from the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna. Materials on exoticism and ethnography. Edited by Reinhold Mittersakschmöller. Böhlau, Wien et al. 1998, ISBN 3-205-98959-7 , p. 179.