| 词条 | Palitai |
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|name= Palitai | image= COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Dolk met houten schede TMnr H-1482.jpg | image_size = 350 |caption= A Palitai, pre-1893. |origin= Mentawai Islands, Indonesia |type= Knife |is_bladed= Yes |service= |used_by= Mentawai people, Siberut people |wars= |designer= |design_date= |manufacturer= |unit_cost= |production_date= |number= |variants= |spec_label= |weight= |length= approximately 30 - 100 cm |part_length= |width= |height= |diameter= |crew= |blade_type= Double edged |hilt_type= Wood |sheath_type= Wood |head_type= |haft_type= }} Palitai (or Palite, Parittei, Pattei) is the traditional knife of the Mentawai people, originating from the Mentawai Islands[1] off West Sumatra, Indonesia. DescriptionThe Palitai has a straight and double edged blade. The handle is uniquely long, slim and curiously curved in shape.[2] It is a knife with a smooth blade on both edges of which are sharpened and run parallel. The edges come together at the tip to the end in a sharp point. The blade has in the middle along the entire length an elevated rib. The steel used to produce blades was imported from Sumatra, as forging was unknown on Mentawai islands. The blades were finished in the desired form on the spot. The total length may vary from 30 cm to 1 m. The hilt of the Palitai is thin and long, at the blade still rather broad but becoming thinner to run long and elegantly into an almost sharp tip or decorated end. The hilt has a round thicker part just past half way. The Palitai is carried on the right, in the loin-cloth and may be part of the dowry.[3] References1. ^{{cite book|author=Taiwan Sheng Li Bo Wu Guan|title=Taiwan Sheng Li Bo Wu Guan Ban Nian Kan, Volume 60|year=2009|publisher=The Museum}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=George Cameron Stone|title=A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times|year=1999|publisher=Courier Dover Publication|isbn=0-486-13129-7}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Albert G Van Zonneveld|title=Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago|year=2002|publisher=Koninklyk Instituut Voor Taal Land|isbn=90-5450-004-2}} Further reading
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