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Originally Posted by Ian
This is a recent acquisition and I'm not sure where it is from. I'm going to say Indonesia because it reminds me somewhat of the Tengger machete that was discussed here previously. The open-weave basketwork scabbard is quite different and the sword is not as well made as the Tenggerese one. The straight, single-edged blade is quite sturdy and is about 5 mm thick adjacent to the hilt. The hilt has a long tang, and two wooden scales flanking the tang.
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Hi this is from one of the tribes of the eastern Himalayas not Garo or Naga but one of the smaller groups. There is several YouTube videos sworing the making of similar (not the same) cane scabbarded weapons from members of a number of small ethnic groups arunchal Pradesh . I think this style might be Tani (apatani) but I could be wrong.