Hello Athanase,
For me this looks like a Javanese keris in a - sorry for being frank - rather ugly scabbard based on Palembang style but probably produced on Java, too.
Genuine keris blades from Palembang can look very similar to classic keris Jawa blades. The blade would probably need to be in good stain and we'd need lots of crisp pics to attempt placing the blade with any certainty. I'd guess though that the blade is more likely to originate from Java, and it probably being not very old.
The hilt is a modern attempt at the Nyamba style (a wayang figure); not great craftmanship either but quite detailed and certainly not as bad as the scabbard.
I would toss the scabbard and look for a fitting Javanese scabbard for the keris. This classic hilt style seems to often come with keris from eastern Java and a scabbard from that region (including ladrang Madura) should be suitable.
Regards,
Kai
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