Marcus just posted pictures of weapons from the Malaysian National Museum and I noticed that in two of the frames, a panabas like item similar to the two I posted, that I wasn't quite sure of the origins or if they were in fact, panabas .I questioned what the item was and Gustav responded that it was in fact a parang ginah.I must confess that there is a striking similarity to some of the examples I looked up and if not the origin of these weapons, it appears that they were heavily influenced by them.
Does anyone else see the connection, or am I clutching at straws?