Hi Ferguson:
Good catch.
I think the blade was originally part of a Moro kris. A broken or sawn down part of a kris perhaps. Judging from the form of the luk and the width of the blade, I think this might have been quite an old blade originally, perhaps 18th C.
It would not be surprising to find an old Moro blade being re-used in N. Borneo.
Ian.
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