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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 3310195, member: 2844&quot;]It is a tumbuk lada. The tumbuk lada originated among the Batak in North Sumatra, but spread to neigbouring regions. Tumbuk lada means pepper pounder.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Given the decorations I would say this one is from Riau, on the northeast coast of Sumatra, close to Singapore and southern Malaysia.</p><p><br /></p><p>That stained bone generally means second half of the 20th century.</p><p>If the blade has been sharpened, that means it was used, became blunt, and was sharpened. Tumbuk ladas are knives which could be used for anything, so they get blunt and are sharpened. Some people liken them to machetes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Badiks/badeks, sewars and tumbuk lada are all closely related. The differences are regional, and of course regional decorative styles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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