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Battara · 11th February 2015, 01:09 AM

The work on the blade and on the scabbard top are from Mindanao. The blade okir work looks to me to be from the Maranao tribe (on Mindanao around the Lake Lanao region).

Blade and the rest does look WWII.

Interesting piece and thank you for sharing.

11th February 2015, 01:09 AM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,257	The work on the blade and on the scabbard top are from Mindanao. The blade okir work looks to me to be from the Maranao tribe (on Mindanao around the Lake Lanao region). Blade and the rest does look WWII. Interesting piece and thank you for sharing.