Rick, could you please add some more pics of your dagger and comment on the materials (including patina inside scabbard)?
Pinning this down to a specific ethnic group may be a bit too much to ask for but it does look like a neat blade with fittings characteristic for Sumatra, indeed. The fullered blade is almost certainly Sumatran: Not one of the common styles but similar ones do pop up once in a while. Without wanting to indulge into the name game, I believe that this can well be referred to as a piso, i. e. a "knife" (most likely an EDC piece).
Regards,
Kai
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