Good to see you here John, and thank you for providing a response to my questions.
This keris has been in a western society for 30 years; during that time anything could have been done to it.We probably should stop speculation on these assumed gold specks. In my opinion their presence on this blade have absolutely nothing to do with anything even remotely associated with the cultural roots of this keris.
We have some unidentified yellow specks that appear to be residue from abrasion.
That's all we have. Nothing more.
Forget the specks and focus on the keris, which is as nice an example of this type as I have seen.
John, you may have noticed that my registered name is A.G.Maisey.
The "A.G." are initials of my given names.
You may address me as "Alan", but you may not address me as "Maisey", unless we attended high school together, or we both belong to the same club. If you are uncomfortable with "Alan", you may use "Mr. Maisey".
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