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.