Nice catch, Carlos! it does resemble a minasbad, down to how the handle was designed. we are aware of krises from the visayan region; it's a possibility that this was the bicol region's version of kris. also, the blade looks similar to the visayan kris. not surprising; after all the regions are adjacent to each other.
also of note: i'm not sure how it is nowadays, but back in the 19th century and earlier, there were a few moro enclaves in the island of mindoro, an island not far from the visayan and bicol regions.
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