Solo Boy with keris

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Originally Posted by Jean

Hello Marius,
Did you visit the Museum Pusaka in the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) park in Jakarta? They use to show a large collection of krisses but not very well presented.
Regards

Hello Jean,

Yes, I did. And yes, I saw those kerises and I was quite upset how poorly they were maintained. Some of them had active rust, and some were displayed sheathed... so I can only imagine how much rust must be on them.

Nevertheless, the collection in the Neka Museum impressed me mostly because it was by far the richest in numbers, had very nice examples and was very well maintained.

I may post some photos in the next future but I made around 4000 so going through all of them is quite cumbersome.