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A. G. Maisey · 9th August 2009, 10:53 AM

Thanks for posting this Pak Ganja.

Interesting indeed.

I have not been in Jakarta since 1978.

In 1976 I visted the old Musium Pusat, which I believe is now the National Musium.I photographed every keris that was on display. A check of those 30+ year old photos does not seem to show this keris. So let's assume it was in storage at that time --- either that or I missed ir, but frankly, I doubt that I did.

So Pak Ganja, my questions are these:-

do we know which Sultan of Banten owned this keris?

do we know when the Museum acquired this keris?

do we have provenance for this keris?

Indeed, a very interesting piece.

9th August 2009, 10:53 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Thanks for posting this Pak Ganja. Interesting indeed. I have not been in Jakarta since 1978. In 1976 I visted the old Musium Pusat, which I believe is now the National Musium.I photographed every keris that was on display. A check of those 30+ year old photos does not seem to show this keris. So let's assume it was in storage at that time --- either that or I missed ir, but frankly, I doubt that I did. So Pak Ganja, my questions are these:- do we know which Sultan of Banten owned this keris? do we know when the Museum acquired this keris? do we have provenance for this keris? Indeed, a very interesting piece.