Hello Marius,
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Javanese?!
I am not very knowledgeable but it looks very Balinese to me. 
And 17 century?! It looks early 20 to me... but then, little do I know.
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You're in good company - many knowledgeable Jawanese did (and some may still do) place well-preserved keris from old European musea as tangguh Bali!
However, these keris are shown by the museum records and additional research to be early collected and many don't appear to originate from Bali but Jawa. Some stylistic details also seem to support such an origin as do probabilities (considering the old trade links).
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I saw many references to the Krisdisk lately, but how reliable is it?! By taking it as reference aren't we risking to perpetrate some gross errors?!
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IMHO it's really worth to have this resource: It's main achievement is showing a good number of keris from old collections (including musea with documented provenance). One may argue about some hypotheses put forward in the Kris Disk - however, the pics alone make it one of the best resources on keris though.
Regards,
Kai