Great sword. Looked through "from the rainbow's varied hue" for the "tiger stripe" pattern on the textile, but no match. Cato's photo #33 has a kampilan with a large scrolled hilt, not a match, but suggests this sword may have been for a bodyguard of important person. Hard to make out the "sundi" or prongs on the top edge of the blade, from your pic. Does appear to be a variation; but if we trust Cato only shows "Philippine" swords, then it really can't be identified from that, as there are plenty of variations.
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