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rumpel9
23rd August 2024, 05:29 PM
Hello everyone. I am trying to systematize my knowledge about Javanese keris. Please tell me, are there certain types of dapura keris blades that are characteristic, not for a time period, but for a location? That is, are there dapuras characteristic of West, Central and East Java?
A. G. Maisey
23rd August 2024, 10:22 PM
I do not know of any researchers who have addressed this question. In my experience, any dhapur can come from any place.
rumpel9
24th August 2024, 10:07 AM
Thanks, Alan. Are there any blade features specific to a particular Java region?
A. G. Maisey
27th August 2024, 10:23 PM
Not that I can think of.
There are some features that might be seen more often in one classification (tangguh) of a keris than in others, and in some cases a tangguh can be related to a time period, but I think it could very difficult, if not impossible to bring all this together into a system.
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