Hello Nik,
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I have a couple of questions:
1: this keris (without the sheath) was described as keris java from early 20th century. But is this javanese? looks more sumatran to me.
2: The kinatah , particulary the one on the blade looks familiar but I can not recall what it symbolize or an emblem of some sort. Can anyone tell?
The kinatah looks recent addition. Is this fair to say?
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IMHO a very well preserved old blade. Never trust auction house descriptions - neither 20th century nor 21th century - needless to say that more than a few folks seriously went for it...
Regards,
Kai