kris (dagger (weapons: edged))

Keris luk with eleven luk. The grenang goes past the ganja. It has a teluk gadjah, a pejetan and a sogokan. The mendak is small and waisted with a circle of granulations at the top and bottom and tiny pyramids of granulations next to the rim nearest the hilt. The hilt is of eastern floral corn style, drill carved. Frey identifies this style with Java.

fighting

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