Thanks for showing this rare sword! Any more details (and better pics whenever you get a chance to take them or have them taken) would be much appreciated.
I can't remember seeing something like this in the literature nor musea; I agree that this is not a keris (nor a mandau) while the idea of a waved blade may very well come from contacts with keris-bearing cultures. I do hope our Borneo specialist will chime in...
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This was from his great grandfather .. so at lest in early 19th century..
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4 generations would make it at least early 20th century (19xx).
What Ngaju (sub)tribe is this sword coming from?
Regards,
Kai