Oh I totally agree with you Charles. I too would say that all of the mounts were made more recently.
Looking at the way the flat bands were made, they were done in thicker silver, and not traditionally hand made. However, the ferrule looks more hand made and may be original.
I would also say the same of the woven silver bands. Although they are twisted silver, Sulu region Moros had a specialty of interweaving the twisted wire, using a smaller wire thickness.
Charles I also see your point regarding the terminal tail - looks cut off.
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