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Originally Posted by kai
Very nice piece!
However, IMHO it's not a sekin - this gives more credence to a Sulawesi origin though...  
Regards,
Kai |
I think it is a sekin for tha base of the blade near the handle
(a guard on a side) and for the grooves along the blade too.
The form of weapon and sheat is rather similar to sekin's picture in Stone and Zonneveld's books.
In Holstein book there is a picture of Sumatran sekin with the same ring around the handle and also the handle is very similar.
(Anyway indian influence is stong)