No doubt some of the more expert forum dwellers will have a different take, but to me seems to be a Balinese kris.
I have been told by many that even very well known expert experts find them difficult to tell apart and that one expert may say one thing while another may say the opposite.
The quality appears to me to go under the better kerisses and perhaps I could venture into saying that this could be a Kulit Semangka pamor.
Several people whom “ wash” krisses with warangan ( I have met 3 until now very well known in the Dutch kris community) told me that having a loose ganja is not unusual and that, in fact, it may indicate that the kris has been washes a number of times therefore, old but that too, as everything else may be faked (although I doubt that it is in this case)
This can be restored.
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