English: This Philippine blade is from the lumad people in Mindanao in southern Philippines. Lumad refers to the indigenous non-Christian and non-Muslim peoples of Mindanao.
The blade is called panabas. The term literally means 'chopping device' in the local dialects. The blade is used both as a weapon and as a device in chopping off body parts in the meting out of justice.
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