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Old 28th August 2013, 04:35 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by David
Yes Michael, i have encountered this, but on Javanese keris only. Do you know if it was a practice outside of Jawa?
Have found some years ago a Bali keris where the hilt was attached with hair. And have heard that human hair was used by this cenangan hilts sometimes but normally was used horse hair.
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