Pakayun

Pakayun
Pakayun
	A late 19th century pakayun sword.
Type	Sabre sword
Place of origin	Borneo (Brunei; North Kalimantan, Indonesia; Sabah, Malaysia)
Service history
Used by	Dayak people (Murut people), Orang Ulu (Lun Bawang)
Specifications
Length	approximately 80–90 cm (31–35 in) blade
Blade type	Single edge
Hilt type	Wood with brass ferrule
Scabbard/sheath	Wood

The pakayun, as it is called among Malay-speaking Muruts, or parapat in the Murut language,^[1] or pelepet or felepet to the Lun Bawang / Lundayeh people,^[2] is a sword characteristic of the Murut people of Borneo.^[3]

The pakayun is a sabre sword with a light curved blade and a curious forked pommel.^[4] The blade is of almost uniform diameter throughout, with its back shorter than the edge, so that there is a short slope at the tip of the blade.^[5]

References

↑ The Sarawak Museum Journal: Volume 4, Issues 12-15. The Gouvernment Printing Office, Kuching Sarawak. 1937. p. 230. OCLC 1227337846.
↑ Haslina Bujang (27 October 2018). "Senjata Tradisional Lun Bawang Yang Hilang – Felepet". The Patriots. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
↑ "American Anthropological Association, Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.), American Ethnological Society". American Anthropologist: Volume 4. American Anthropological Association. 1902. p. 557. OCLC 51205515.
↑ George Cameron Stone (2013). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times. Dover Publications. p. 479. ISBN 978-04-861-3129-0.
↑ Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1901). Journal - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 31. Dover Publications. p. 225. ISSN 0025-1496.

[1] The Sarawak Museum Journal: Volume 4, Issues 12-15. The Gouvernment Printing Office, Kuching Sarawak. 1937. p. 230. OCLC 1227337846.

[2] Haslina Bujang (27 October 2018). "Senjata Tradisional Lun Bawang Yang Hilang – Felepet". The Patriots. Retrieved 2023-09-05.

[3] "American Anthropological Association, Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.), American Ethnological Society". American Anthropologist: Volume 4. American Anthropological Association. 1902. p. 557. OCLC 51205515.

[4] George Cameron Stone (2013). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times. Dover Publications. p. 479. ISBN 978-04-861-3129-0.

[5] Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1901). Journal - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 31. Dover Publications. p. 225. ISSN 0025-1496.

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Pakayun

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