Ian, Charles, Albert, Detlef, Ron - thank you!
Albert - before I had it in my hands I also thought of hilt being a replacement.
Possibly it still is, but the "lamella" of Asang-Asang fits the bend of its head rather well, and the rattan winding (which surely looks like a temporarily solution) seems to be done in Philippines. So at least - if replacement, then an old one.
Does somebody of you have seen such an ending of middle panel on a Kris before?
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