The blade was not revealed.
Only one weapon had the blade shown, and that was possibly the only one which definitely should not have had the blade on open display:- Si Ginjei, a pusaka of the Jambi Sultanate.Oh yes, there was one other, a tombak.
My personal stance on the display of blades which are known to have had, or continue to have a pusaka role is that it is perhaps best not to display these blades to the general public.
Display of an art work, display of a blade that has no known or suspected pusaka role, well, that is one thing. Public display of a pusaka, whether one from the past, or a one that is still regarded as fulfilling that function, I regard as at the very least a thing of extreme bad taste.
The focus of the display of weapons was on the art of the dress, which in all pieces on display, was superb.
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