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Old 21st May 2007, 04:23 PM   #5
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Marco, in Javanese term, the figure at your hilt is known as "puthut kembar" or twin-priest. But I don't think that Sulawesi's term is such like that. Usually, puthut kembar is a name of dhapur betok (short but wide old keris) with two figures of priests (pendhita or puthut) in the "gandhik" (front-base of the keris) and "wadidang" (rear base). Many Javanese like this dhapur. So, there are many "fake puthut" in the market. Buat actually, betok or keris with puthut kembar motive, usually attractive...
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