What is this sword is it Bali? Indian?

LindaJ

LindaJ

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Hello everyone,

Could you tell me where this sword is from.. Is it Balinese? or Indian? The hilt is all wood, the grip is wrapped in a fiberous cording. Total length is 37". The metal blade is not marked, it is pitted here and there and there are some small rust points. Image:

http://www.geocities.com/research_images/Sword1.jpg

I appreciate whatever insight you can shed on this.

Linda J
SW FL
 
just goes to show that things are never what they appear to be on the surface when you first start getting into them.. I find many people to be taken aback by pieces like this sword, it really is an awesome piece.. when you start to get into the history it really becomes, to me, fascinating. The eriksedge site is good and I was really surprised to see the influence one of my favorite cartoons The Phantom had on the New Guinea people see http://www.eriksedge.com/AS205.html to the point of being worked into their art and mythos of "the brave warrior who could not die."
 
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