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Originally Posted by David
What is the purpose of the chain that is attached to the pendokok in the last example. I have never seen that before and wonder if there are any old, tradition examples of this.
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This chain is typical for the old Gowa-Makassar state krisses. The kris of August the Strong in Dresden (Krisdisk chapter 8, Fig 119) has it, the similar one in van Zonneveld's book has lost its chain, yet the rings for it are still attached to the selut.