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|  22nd February 2006, 09:40 PM | #3 | 
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			Rainer, I don't know if this is of any help but the birds head shaped hilt as well as the coloring and the carving on the scabbard are reminiscent of the Black-Crowned Pitta a native bird of Borneo. I don't know if this bird is native to any of the surounding areas though. Robert | 
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