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DAHenkel · 20th June 2011, 10:42 PM

For a good general introduction to the keris, that it not (particularly) Java centric, in Indonesian (unless of course you can manage that), is not a specialist reference tome and not out of print...

...Try David Van Duuren's The Kris: An Earthly Approach to a Cosmic Symbol.

A. G. Maisey · 20th June 2011, 11:42 PM

Naploeon, you say :-

"--- study of the keris---"

this is an enormous field that needs several lifetimes to achieve anything like a comprehensive base of knowledge --- thus most of us settle for something a little less than comprehensive.

All the recommendations of the people who have already responded to you, I agree with, however, I would suggest that you might like to consider what it is that you find most interesting about the keris at this point in time, and then perhaps we could tailor our recommendations to help satisfy your quest for knowledge.

20th June 2011, 10:42 PM	#1
DAHenkel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 125	For a good general introduction to the keris, that it not (particularly) Java centric, in Indonesian (unless of course you can manage that), is not a specialist reference tome and not out of print... ...Try David Van Duuren's The Kris: An Earthly Approach to a Cosmic Symbol.

20th June 2011, 11:42 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Naploeon, you say :- "--- study of the keris---" this is an enormous field that needs several lifetimes to achieve anything like a comprehensive base of knowledge --- thus most of us settle for something a little less than comprehensive. All the recommendations of the people who have already responded to you, I agree with, however, I would suggest that you might like to consider what it is that you find most interesting about the keris at this point in time, and then perhaps we could tailor our recommendations to help satisfy your quest for knowledge.