Bush knife (parang-type) with a steel blade, triangular point and spur near handle; grip bound with copper wire on wood. Sheath is of two pieces of black wood with panels of white, incised decoration, bound with three bands of white metal (aluminium ?), themselves held together with thin strips of rattan. Knife 482mm long overall; with sheath 500mm long overall.
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