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14th April 2017, 01:38 AM
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Keris forum moderator
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Location: Nova Scotia
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Marcus, you are indeed correct. This is the standard Javanese planar hilt, in this case of Surakarta style and what you perceive as faces are what are called cecekan and they are indeed just that. Some people feel that these mask like faces relate to ancestors.
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