Indonesian (?) dagger for ID

[mariusgmioc]

Hello,

A friend asked me to help him identify this presumably Indonesian dagger. :shrug:

Any help is most welcimed!

[kai]

Hello Marius,

It sure does look Indo. It may not be old enough to allow narrowing down its origin to a specific culture though, I'm afraid.

Regards,
Kai

[VANDOO]

JUDGING FROM THE DESIGN OF THE HANDLE INDONESIA OR MALAYSIA ARE THE MOST LIKELY. THIS ITEM APPEARS TO BE A LOCALLY OR HOME MADE KNIFE CERTAINLY NOT A TOURIST ITEM.

[DaveA]

The shape of the hilt is reminiscent of some that I've seen from Sumatra on "rawit" knives. However, the guard and blade look like a gunong from Mindinao, Philippines. Unusual item!

[mariusgmioc]

The shape of the hilt is reminiscent of some that I've seen from Sumatra on "rawit" knives. However, the guard and blade look like a gunong from Mindinao, Philippines. Unusual item!

Thank you for the very interesting observations! :)

[kai]

Hello Dave,

the guard and blade look like a gunong from Mindinao, Philippines
The blade doesn't come close to any Moro gunong (or punal) - especially the narrow waist is more like a very roughly forged spear head.

Only the guard reminds of a gunong; however, it doesn't show any features that are positively Moro and could basically come from anywhere throughout the SEA archipelago (especially given its apparently post-WW2 origin).

Regards,
Kai