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A. G. Maisey · 24th April 2008, 09:22 AM

I have very little expertise in the correct classification of keris from outside Jawa, but when I first looked at the photos of this keris the general "feeling" I had from it was Sumatra. The way in which the blade has been made, the pendongkok, the atasan of the wrongko, to me these all say "Sumatra" but they do not even whisper anything else.

Blu Erf has much more experience with these types of keris than I do, and if he casts his vote for Sumatra, that combined with my own feeling is sufficient to cause me to go along the same track.

24th April 2008, 09:22 AM	#10
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	I have very little expertise in the correct classification of keris from outside Jawa, but when I first looked at the photos of this keris the general "feeling" I had from it was Sumatra. The way in which the blade has been made, the pendongkok, the atasan of the wrongko, to me these all say "Sumatra" but they do not even whisper anything else. Blu Erf has much more experience with these types of keris than I do, and if he casts his vote for Sumatra, that combined with my own feeling is sufficient to cause me to go along the same track.