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Old 12th April 2014, 09:35 PM   #8
Battara
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Nice early piece. I would put this at around 1900 or even earlier (according to Federico's rendering) if I read the pommel right.

The pommel material is the narra wood, which is in the region, and from the inner part of the tree root (hence the burl). The closest equivalent is padauk from Africa, a cousin to the narra tree, which resembles the inner red of the narra tree. Both darken with age.
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