Lew, i wonder if your Sumatran keris patrem isn't from Minangkabau. The Minangkabau people have a unique matriarchal society and i would think that the patrem might actually be more common there considering this social structure. This keris has some of the elements i have seen on other patrem from the area. If you check out Adni's site you will see a few for the area that he has had recently.
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