I'm with Ron - he already mentioned that it handles like a dagger and that those smaller kris possibly intended for kids/teens tend to be way larger than this dwarf; usually larger than typical archaic kris (on Mindanao). If it was common to have kris for baby princes, one would expect to see more of these rather than an unique example.
The pommel material also doesn't help since ivory is fairly common in gunong, too.
I doubt we'll ever be able to ascertain its original use and may be stuck with guesswork...
Regards,
Kai
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