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Originally Posted by mandaukudi
According to Elio Modigliani in " Un Viaggio a Nias" they are just knifes with a plain blade ( The Niha didn't made pamor blades) but is the scabbard shape meant to imitate the keris scabbards.
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Thanks Arjan.. exactly what I meant earlier. Those that said it's a keris probably haven't seen the blade.
For those who have a copy of Karsten Sejr Jensen's "Den Indonesiske Kris -et symbolladet vaben", is there a picture of the Nias blade in it?