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Old 18th May 2011, 07:31 PM   #6
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Fantastic!!!

I have never seen the Palembang nose parang with either floral carving or a pamor blade before. Yours is also unusual based on the blade shape which on all other parang I have seen has been more resembling a wakizashi (see pict).
Except Palembang I have also seen it attributed to Benkulen/Bengkulu so I assume it was spread in that region. Several years ago I saw it listed as a "Pelitai".
Here is a reference picture from Tropen of a Rawas-chief from Palembang.

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