May be baule??
Very interesting and uncommon sword indeed. The cross shaped handle has some reminiscence to the Fang swords, but on the other hand, I do not see the rear pointed short protrusion on the base of the blade. The fang swords handles tends to be plain without much carving and usually bound with brass or iron wires. Also, the variety in the Fang swords is quite limited and they tend to look very similar.
Although I can not substantiate it, I think this one may be a Baule sword. The Baule from Ivory Coast in West Africa are known to be excellent wood carvers. and the variety of their blade is rather wide, so this may fall within this group.
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