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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Keris certificates are as reliable as the person who provides them.
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Dear Alan,
Thanks a lot for your wise response, on Mr Bambang and keris certification. I think I must agree with you, and I found a lot of useful thing from your explanation. Once again, thank you for your response..
On certification, I know that there was a kind of "tradition" on certificating in the past. The formal name in kraton term as "serat kekancingan", or a kind of letter of carification on pusakas in kraton. Usually, written in javanese scripture. Such letter usually mentions the characteristics of the keris such dapur, tangguh and the name. Of course, the format of certificate is varied and not all pusakas in kraton have such kekancingan. And of course, not with photo or picture of the pusaka. Whether such certificate is useless or not, it is another matter.
The people who have authority in issuing such certificate, called as "paniti kadga" (maybe it can be translated as: keris or royal pusaka expert). And usually, people with authority of paniti kadga is "abdi dalem reksa pusaka" (kraton servant or kraton employe which have duty of caring the kraton pusaka). But not all the abdi dalem reksa pusaka is paniti kadga. On manipulation, since we deal with human being, manipulation will of course have possibility to happen.
The living paniti kadga, in kraton Surakarta (Solo) now -- as far as I know, is Mr Sukad. Or we used to call him, Pak Bei Sukad. At least, he was paniti kadga during the late Paku Buwana XII.
Another "serat kekancingan" is for human being, for people who have blood relation with king in the past. Common people can get this kekancingan, as long as they can prove their blood relation, as long as they can supply written evidence. The people who has authority in issuing such kekancingan, in kraton (Yogyakarta), called abdi dalem kraton, "tepas darah dalem" or more or less means "royal blood officer"... Usually, people with royal blood have such kekancingan. Whether it is useful of not, this is another matter too.
Ganjawulung