Thanks Kai Wee for you usually well illustrated and detailed response. Glad you could join us.
I did notice something a bit off about this dress and your explanation of it's Jawa origins clears up alot. Not sure i would have figured out the ivory staining either. It does seem to be very even and that would explain why. This does seem unusal to me though. Is there much dress for Straits Bugis keris being made in Jawa these days?