Keris ID

[A. G. Maisey]

David, I have little interest in keris that are outside the core keris culture area of Jawa-Bali, however if I apply the way in which keris in these areas were classified by the people who taught me, the scabbard & hilt that I'm looking at here would be given as Bugis, the blade would be given as "diluar Jawa" outside Jawa, which is understood as "it doesn't really matter". That's Jawa keris thought, not keris collector thought.

Now, Adam has said "whole kit & caboodle", I understand that as the entire keris, ie, the keris that we see before we remove the blade from the scabbard.

So looking at this entire keris, I really cannot see anything other than a keris that falls within the spread of Bugis culture.

The blade?

Well, that is "outside Jawa".

When somebody can tell me exactly where, outside Jawa, & why from that specific place, I'll certainly listen and take note.