Dear all,
I am not able to make a good sharp close up picture with my digi camera
of, among others, the gangya. However when I came home from work I took a very close up and I can see a line but I now doubt the gangya is realy seperate. So perhaps the keris was made somewehere in the late thirties
. That fits with the passing away of the original owner in 1942. Perhaps no antique but still am very happy with my keris since the decorations are very nice and of high quality. It looks really good hanging on my wall next to old black and white pictures of moro sultans and Java nobility
, my two (simple) genuine kerisses from Indonesia and my carved animal skull (see picture).
Many thanks for your imput.
Bart.