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Old 29th May 2015, 04:56 PM   #1
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Can anyone enlighten how old is the Keris?
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Old 29th May 2015, 04:57 PM   #2
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Old 29th May 2015, 05:27 PM   #3
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Old 29th May 2015, 06:35 PM   #4
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Nice looking keris coteng dress Max. I must admit that keris from this area are not my strong suit, but i do recognize this as being a good old example of this rather rare form. I will leave it to someone better versed in this area to try to pinpoint a date for you, but it has always been my impression (perhaps wrongly so) that the coteng was a pre-cursor to the tajong hilt style. Therefore i would imagine that old versions of it (as opposed to ones recreated in contemporary times) should have a reasonable amount of age. Of course, you don't show us the blade here which could be older than this dress, but if i had to guess i would probably place this at least as old as late 18th to early 19th century.
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Old 30th May 2015, 04:54 AM   #5
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Old 31st May 2015, 02:43 PM   #6
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