Majapahit Keris

[Jean]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Yes, you will not find any representations of what we can call a "Modern Keris" in any Hindu-Buda period bas-reliefs or statuary. None. We can find longer examples of keris-like weapons, and maybe I could be convinced that these belong in the keris basket, but in fact they are more like Balinese ligan or Keris-Pedang.

This question puzzles me since I started developing my interest for the Kris. Does it mean that the well-accepted assertion that the modern kris developped during the Majapahit period is wrong in the same way as the link between the kris Sajen and the Majapahit period, and the concept of tangguh Majapahit? Then it would mean that the modern kris was actually developped during the early Islamic period in Java as modern krisses were brought to Europe during the late 16th century.
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