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Originally Posted by kai
Can the carving style be attributed to any specific region?
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This should be Ngaju Kayan. Similar hilt is mentioned in the Quer Durch Borneo book as from Mahakam area, Long-Glat, located on Kayan river, photo enclosed.
The book is available on Gutenberg project in html and is easily translatable while you read, and Duch-English translation works just fine by google translate. However, the book covers the period up to 1900, and unfortunately, I have not seen a book that would cover the period between the 1900s and WW2.
Here are the links for the book html:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17383...-h/17383-h.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17379...-h/17379-h.htm
Python skin should be a recent addition, as I saw details like these on new mandaus.