This rather bizarre looking arrangement seems to have a Spanish Colonial hilt, with the discoid ecusson seeming like an addition. In all a very loose interpretation of an espada ancha from N.Mexico/New Mexico in early 19th c.
The blade ....no idea what that is! some kind of utility item like a cane chopper? whatever it is added to this hilt, possibly Central America?
It is one off, whatever it is, never seen one like it!
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