[QUOTE=Gustav]La Mello almost certainly is a Buginese name. Such are given also to honored weapons - La Sippo, La Makkawa.
In older times they were often written together:
La Galigo - Lagaligo
It is quite possible this Badik was a heirloom.[/QUOTE
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]the writing on it may be written La Bello (the beautiful) or La Melo (who follow the will) I do not know, is it the owner's name or the name of the badik itself, because the bugis people often give the nickname to their weapon, because they say the weapon is brothers brand,
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