IT IS WHAT IS BEING MADE CURRENTLY FOR SALE TO TOURISTS. IT IS BASED ON BATAK SWORDS AND CARVEING. IT DOES MENTION THE HANDLE AND SCABBARD ARE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL BUT DOSEN'T MAKE IT CLEAR IF IT IS CAST AND NOT CARVED. THE BLADE IS A BIT FLASHIER THAN THE EARLIER RUNS OF THIS SWORD BUT I SUSPECT IT WILL STILL BE POORLY MADE. THE STORY OF CANNIBALS IS SOMETHING I HAD NOT SEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ON EBAY PREVIOUSLY BUT THE ITEM IS FAR FROM RARE. A SOUVINEER WALL HANGER BUT NOT A REAL ETHINOGRAPHIC WEAPON JUST BASED ON THEM AND MASS PRODUCED FOR SOUVINEERS SOMEWHERE IN INDONESIA.
