Kebo keris from Bali

[David]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

The older ones of this type were glass, but usually I have found these "stones" to be plastic, try testing with a hot needle. There are a lot more plastic ones around than glass.

You may be right about some of these, but if you look closely at the photo there is at least on actual glass bead (with a hole through it) that has been placed in one of the settings, i assume to replace a missing"stone".
Regardless, if this were mine i would replace the uwer anyway as it's a bit of a mess.