A 19th century Indonesian, North Sumatran dagger from Aceh called a Rencong with a Hulu Meucangge style hilt. 9 inch (23cm) single edged slender hand forged blade, the hilt of horn , the wooden sheath carved from a single piece of wood with a slither of wood along the back edge secured by 1 brass band1 and is carved and decorated over the front. Overall 16½ inches, (42cm). #10209Aeo

See Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, by Albert G van Zonneveld. Page 114 fig 449

Provenance: Acquired by a Danish civil engineer who worked on bridge construction in the then Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in the early 1900s. Inherited in the family to this day.