Antique Old Rare Lopah Petawaran Batak Karo Dagger - No sword/kris/keris/knife

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Rare Old Lopah Petawaran Dagger, North Sumatra - 19C
This particular Lopah Petawaran variant commonly found on Batak Karo tribe, other variant with handle curving upward ( as rencong hilt )  usually found on Gayo peoples.
On karo society, such dagger also called as
piso cukur
, literally translate as "hair cutter" since it used on cutting baby`s hair on baby 1 month ceremony.
Straight traditional forged blade with single sharped edge.
Wooden scabbard upper parts nicely encased with silver , adorned with traditional karo pattern.
Hilt fully encased silver , also decorated with traditional karo decorative pattern
.
See pics for details.
Dimension :
Overall Length :
40
cm
Blade Length :
25
cm
Hilt Length :
14
cm
Scabbard Length :
26
cm
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