Bolo?

[Sajen]

Beautiful! Another vote for Philippines!

[Gavin Nugent]

A very noteworthy and high end Philippine piece.

Congrats on securing this one, it's a special piece... certainly the man about town.

[Ian]

Philippines. Luzon (Tagalog). Very interesting piece and extraordinarily ornate. The falchion-style blade suggests it is in the sangbartolome family of blades. Perhaps Xasterix can place it more accurately for us.

[xasterix]

Originally Posted by Ian

Philippines. Luzon (Tagalog). Very interesting piece and extraordinarily ornate. The falchion-style blade suggests it is in the sangbartolome family of blades. Perhaps Xasterix can place it more accurately for us.

Thanks for the redirect Ian! Congratulations on such a wonderful Tagalog nobility bolo Jerseyman. I'm guessing it's from Quezon province, as the motifs correspond with patterns found on Quezon nobility bolos. The blade profile is one of those "truncated tip" iterations, and it may be a San Bartolome profile (I've yet to verify- I don't know yet what Quezon province considers as such).