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Originally Posted by Rick
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Gotta be the last one. A Parang Batak Ulu. Whatever Ulu means.
Adni's more hatchet and has a horn hilt, mine is wood, but otherwise the blade carving near the ferrule, the figure on the hilt. even the hatching on the back of the blade.
This piece and mine must have been made by the same people. I love Batak carving! I have a wonderful singha barong head about four feet tall that once stood guard with its buddy flanking a batak long house entryway.
It is hanging in my solarium against a mirror. I really need to clean the mirror.
