[tom hyle]

The carving on the grip area resembles kris hilts I've seen, while the pommel resembles the cockatoo type of the southern PI. the scabbard and scabbard slide/belt dealie also seem to be pretty closely of the "talibon" type, though the sheath-locker is missing and even seemingly reversed (?). I actually think we might be looking at something particularly old here, with indeed an older style of carving. Alternately, it could be modern cultural cross polination. The beginning of Moby Dick comes to mind, with the Polynesian sailors in the New England port town.