Moro? Parang nabur?

[kai]

Hello Tom,

ebay #370005194748 An interesting little hanger (?) with a somewhat kampilan-like wooden guard? Anyone seen this before?

The blade doesn't look SE Asian to me. Of course, you also see blades traded by western countries as well as the Middle East and India (or locally made ones resembling them) ending up in ethnographic pieces.

I can't ascertain how much skill went into carving that guard but the hilt seems very crude to me. This is far from genuine old work by competent Asian carvers - looks much more like an ad-hoc fabrication to make the piece "complete" for display/selling.

Regards,
Kai