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Old 11th February 2016, 07:24 PM   #6
David
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Iron Ancestors is not that difficult to locate. It is even available on Amazon.
I tend to side with Alan's take on so-called "fakes". Alkema seems to consider anything made in the 20th century (or at least post WWII) a fake. As Alan points out, the need for talisman keris in Indonesian societies has not disappeared in our modern era. Of the keris that Alkema discusses in his "Fakes" chapter i would say only a couple look like they were clearly created for a tourist market. But even one of those could be used for a talismanic purpose if it were dedicated to that end with correct intention.
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