Yes.
That is the reason why I always date conservatively, especially from photographs and screen images.
If a very experienced keris person, whether dealer or collector or student, handles a keris, and if he can keep it for a few days he might be able to give it a more precise date, maybe within , say, 100 years or so with older items, but from pictures & screen images there is no possibility of getting feedback, nor of doing the very detailed examination necessary to form a solid opinion.
With this keris, one thing that is very indicative of Pajajaran is the material, but we need a lot more than that.
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