Palitai
| Palitai | |
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| Weapon type: | dagger |
| Designations: | Palitai, Palite, Parittai, Pattei |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Indonesia , ethnic groups from the Mentawai Islands |
| Distribution: | Indonesia |
| Overall length: | about 56 cm to about 100 cm |
| Blade length: | about 23 cm |
| Handle: | Wood |
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The Palitai , also Palite , Parittei or Pattei , is a dagger from Indonesia.
description
The Palitai has a straight, double-edged blade. The blade has a central ridge and becomes narrower from the handle to the location . There are different blade versions that differ in width. The steel used to make the blades was imported from Sumatra . The booklet is made of wood and has no guard. The pommel is curved and, in some versions, carved as a rolled-up fern leaf . Other versions, such as those from Pagai , have a handle carved in the shape of a stylized bird's head. Some have carved decorations that are then filled in with a resin. The sheaths are always carved in the shape of the blade and in the local area mostly worked in the shape of a stylized bird. A tip made of horn or bone serves as the lower end. The Palitai is used by ethnic groups in the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert G. van Zonneveld: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-5450-004-2 , p. 95.
literature
- George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times. Together with some closely related subjects. With an introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , pp. 479-480.
