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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 (as in Murut language)^[1] or Pelepet / Felepet (by the Lun Bawang / Lundayeh people)^[2] is a sword very characteristic of the Murut people originating from Borneo.^[3]

The Pakayun is a Sabre sword with a light curved blade and has 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.

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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

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

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.

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