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Originally Posted by kai

Can the carving style be attributed to any specific region?

This should be Ngaju Kayan. Similar hilt is mentioned in the Quer Durch Borneo book as from Mahakam area, Long-Glat, located on Kayan river, photo enclosed.

The book is available on Gutenberg project in html and is easily translatable while you read, and Duch-English translation works just fine by google translate. However, the book covers the period up to 1900, and unfortunately, I have not seen a book that would cover the period between the 1900s and WW2.

Here are the links for the book html:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17383...-h/17383-h.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17379...-h/17379-h.htm

Python skin should be a recent addition, as I saw details like these on new mandaus.