Thanks good info.
But the Deyoung museum here in San Francisco, California USA did some looking at it and said that the glue in the sheath was from 1700's And they also pointed out that the blade was also from the same time, But they wanted more info on the seal? I showed it to embasy here in the states, and they are the ones that gave me the Sultans name and the area it mit of come from.
Some one else said it was from the 1958, but we got it in 1952 and the person before us got it in the early 1900's. Found it in a shipping create of pepper? Hidden?
If someone reworked to disguise a break in the sheath they did one of the best jobs I have ever seen. It is very heard to find the seams, I can only see the ones at the bottom.
As for the hilt, the Deyoung musem said it was ivory, maybe found in the mash area. That is why the coloring is the way it is. They have been after this Keris for years, for us to donate it to them. because it in better condition then the ones they have and it is older.
Oh well thats what I have been told.
But the seal does to me seem european, and I always have wander about it.
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