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jagabuwana · 15th December 2024, 11:47 AM

Alright, here's a crapshoot but here goes.

The greneng form here looks to me like a more overtly botanic version of the element mentioned in the thread "Gustav's Discovery" - http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22975.

This element was one that appeared in some keris older than 1700-ish.

If that's true, then for this element be repeated so many times on this keris without having a single conventional ron dha between them would make this keris an exceeding rarity, if not totally unique.

As Alan has suggested, the keris abides by conventions, especially during a historical period that was organised strictly along social status and the pervasiveness of religio-spiritual meaning.

It's hard to me to believe that this supposedly very old keris is so unique and breaks so many contemporaneous conventions.

Perhaps whoever made this wanted to make a point by including a greneng and ron dha nunut made up entirely of an element that only appeared in older keris (and even then only sparingly).

15th December 2024, 11:47 AM	#1
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 290	Alright, here's a crapshoot but here goes. The greneng form here looks to me like a more overtly botanic version of the element mentioned in the thread "Gustav's Discovery" - http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22975. This element was one that appeared in some keris older than 1700-ish. If that's true, then for this element be repeated so many times on this keris without having a single conventional ron dha between them would make this keris an exceeding rarity, if not totally unique. As Alan has suggested, the keris abides by conventions, especially during a historical period that was organised strictly along social status and the pervasiveness of religio-spiritual meaning. It's hard to me to believe that this supposedly very old keris is so unique and breaks so many contemporaneous conventions. Perhaps whoever made this wanted to make a point by including a greneng and ron dha nunut made up entirely of an element that only appeared in older keris (and even then only sparingly).