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Language: Ifugao
Source: Batad Ifugao dictionary

Description

Hālung is a rolled metal handle of a Philippine knife or sword. They typically are wrapped with woven rattan called allūbung for grip.1

 

HalungHalung

Hālung on a hinālung.

 

A Ifugao Hinalung

The full hinālung with scabbard.
Mandarin Mansion inventory 2022.

 

 

 

Notes
1. Some more examples can be seen at vikingsword.com
2. Sil Philippines Languages entry hinālung.

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Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

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