Nice piece Teodor!
I can't be sure these are in fact Mandingo or Manding influenced, but I have always suspected it given the hilt style and the affinity that the Mandingo seem to have for finials like this on pommels.
The guard plates are tin I would guess? The stitching on the hilt leather is also different than the glue more typically seen.
This looks like a nice early 20th century piece I would say. Certainly a slimmer blade than that massive example, which I remember always felt quite hefty in the hand.
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