Unusual South Nias sword
Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.
Bekhu
Nias name for the monkey-like figure carved on some sword hilts.
Gari matuwà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
South Nias gari matuwà
A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.
Later South Nias belatu
Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.
Balatu salà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Niòbawa lawölò
Nias word for zoomorphic sword hilts with an open mouth with fangs.