Presumed Philippine?

[Ian]

Originally Posted by chmorshuutz

I imagine Philippine collectors would be drooling over this. I heard that dipalata of Aeta people is supposedly the rarest Philippine traditional blade.

Yes, one of the rarest traditional Filipino blades. The Aeta are not a very large ethnic group, so their traditional swords do not come on to the market very often. The dipalata is uncommon among the Aeta, and rarely comes up for sale.