Thepakayun, as it is called among Malay-speaking Muruts, orparapat in theMurut language,[1] orpelepet orfelepet to theLun Bawang / Lundayeh people,[2] is a sword characteristic of theMurut people ofBorneo.[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]
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