Wilah nr 1

[A. G. Maisey]

Thanks Harley, these pics are good and make it easy to see what we're looking at, however, there is just one small thing that they still need, correct orientation.

I have posted your pics again, after I have changed them to what I need to see. I do this with most pics that are posted to this discussion group, before I comment on them, this time I've reposted them so that we can all see what is needed in order to form some sort of possibly legitimate opinion.

Thank you for the pic of the top of the gonjo. This is very useful.

I believe that this blade is classifiable as Koripan. Koripan is a blacksmith's village near Jogja and the keris they used to produce have the characteristics of Mataram Sultan Agung, but are much more crude and unrefined. Dealers in Indonesia will very often present these blades as Mataram S. A. because they figure nobody can tell the difference, but anybody who has handled a genuinely old M'ram blade will tell the difference in a moment. This keris of yours is possibly first half of the 19th century.