Gold Cross on top of Pesi

[A. G. Maisey]

In Javanese tapak is footstep, footprint, trace, track and a jalak is a myna bird .

Not that any of that has much to do with the cross in the end of a pesi.

I'm still out of this discussion, and I will not be posting any of my ideas, opinions or knowledge here on this subject.

However, I will offer a little bit of advice which those pursuing the discussion may accept or reject as they see fit.

I would suggest that before floating ideas and opinions on the meaning of a cross of any kind in the end of a pesi, or anywhere else on a keris, that before any valid opinion can be offered, the origin of the keris, and the time frame within which it was produced should first be established.

These two factors are vital to the determination of the meaning behind this symbol.