Ben, do you also suspect that the mandau from the museum that Arjan posted is Makaham and not Bukit?

Hi David yes the problem with some off these is that some museums like I bring in an mandau and say I did take this from Borneo and the place was kuching they write that down without research . ( we also find sumatra weapons listed as Borneo weapons if you look in the leiden museum where the mandau is from )

So I don t now who bring in that mandau .

Nieuwenhuis did search an area and get a few example s not one .

So I never based area on what is in an museum . (Only when there is more proof )
Date that they bring it in can be used .

This is my opinion

There are in some books also mistakes The book off Zonneveld has one With the Jimpuls there is one pictured as Jimpul that is not classificated as an Jimpul but al the people that have the book think it s an Jimpul very dangerous.

He did put it with the Jimpuls because he had no classification wrong in my opinion .
Just leave it without name .

Ben