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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
I cannot answer your question Jean, but possibly we could begin by trying to determine if it was established practice for women in Sumatran ruling hierarchies to carry keris.
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Thank you Alan, and the practice for Sumatran women to carry or at least own a kris has been mentioned in the matriarcal Minangkabau society (without formal evidence to my best knowledge), but not elsewhere?
The only evidence of women carrying a kris during celebrations which I know is within the Toraja ethnic group in Sulawesi. I also saw pictures of women carrying a wedung during kraton ceremonies in Central Java.
Regards