Thanks for all comments!
Here are some more answers to your questions:
The blade is 47,5 cm (my resembling Minang that Gustav posted is 39 cm).
The reason that they are hanging next to each other at my Sumatran keris wall
is maybe why I didn't think of Lombok/Bali blades first?
The wrangka is made of horn and now when you bring it up, Gustav,
it really is a strange way of doing it? I checked the silver band but it has
never been closer to the joint.
Unfortunately the hilt isn't removable.
There has been souvenir production going on among the Batak for over
100 years old so it's always tricky with stuff from that area.
But I haven't seen that many Batak keris like mine flooding the market.
And this one, like the one in Leiden, has been in Europe for a long time
so it's not anything made up recently.
Michael
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