Modern interpretations of traditional design?

[PenangsangII]

Originally Posted by David

Just to play devil's advocate, when we talk about pakem we are really only talking about Javanese keris. Certainly there are many keris that have been made in other parts of Indonesia that fall well outside of the pakem of any Javanese kraton. How strict are the parameters surrounding the keris of Bali, Lombok, Sumatra (yes parts of Sumatra did indeed follow Javanese pakem for a time), Sulawesi, Malaysia and Thailand. Did any authority set a "pakem" for the keris from these places?

Apparently there is no set of pakem exists in other than Jawa, as far I know. However, in determining the true form of keris made for example in Malaysia and "Malay archipelago" we rely on "samples" collected over the years that currently in the museums and private collection - both local & abroad. Though there's no hard & fast rules in keris authentication, we just know it from those collections