Auk,
Be careful with further cleaning the blade.
The little shiny things on the blade is what we call pamor. A keris blade is usually made from iron and nickle contenting iron. The bars of metal are twisted and forged. After finishing the keris it is etched with warangan. Warangan is lemon juice with arsenic. The etching with warangan colors the iron black or grey (depending on the sort of iron that is used) and leaves the nickle untouched. The pattern on the blade that shows up is called pamor.
As far as I can see on your picture you have a pamor wengkon. For the pamor inside the wengkon the picture is not clear enough.
It is a javanese keris from Yogyakarta. Dapur Naga Seluman 5 luk.
The naga head was gilded as you noticed remains of gold on the head of the naga and around it.
The golden ball in the mouth is also seen in the mouth of the Singha or Barong.
The sheath has the wrongko Gayaman and the gandar is covered with a pendok. Is it silver?
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