Alan,
You are spot on. I just took the blad from its place on the bookshelve and had a good look at the gonja from the top.
The hole for the peksi is indeed a bit larger and had been filled up (with metal as it looks but defenitely filled up!).
To me the gonjo seems original th the keris.
So a change of peksi form and the addition of text to make it a talisman.
Who would have done this and why with this keris?
Can you add more?
Thanks, Erik
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
If the gonjo were to be removed I believe we would find that the shape of the pesi is not original:- the base of the pesi, where it enters the gonjo, would probably be considerably larger than the body of the gonjo. I think that what we might be looking at here is a keris that has been turned into a definite talisman. The talismanic script was applied to an already old blade, and at the same time the pesi was twisted and a hole for suspension was provided.
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