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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
I was in the company of Harjonegoro when he saw these creations of the people whom it was hoped would become the new generation of Surakarta keris makers.
His comment was:-
"Yes, these are art, but are they keris?"
If the keris is approached as an art form then it is probably legitimate to produce objects of art in a keris-like form.
However, one is forced to question whether the people who produce these artistic keris-like objects have any idea at all of their heritage and the place of the keris in that heritage.
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To coin a new phrase based as on a related expression, i may not know keris, but i know what i like.
