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Old 29th April 2009, 09:00 PM   #1
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Default Sword from Sumatara with early European Blade

I was hesitating if to post this thread in the Ethnographic forum but as the blade here is the most interesting part I finally voted for the European armory forum:

This sword, also known as Piso Podang is coming from Sumatra, Indonesia and usually associated with the Batak people. I have seen many similar swords employing any available blade, but this one is very interesting, as its blade I believe is early European, 17 C. or even earlier:



Blade length 31 inches. Central nice long fuller 28 inches long:



There is a what might be a maker mark just below the Langet:



I will appreciate any suggestions on the blade age and/or origin
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