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Originally Posted by ganjawulung
...Why did javanese keris people create “janggelan hilts”? That’s still a question. The nature of janggelan hilts in reality, usually they are simple ornamented, and reflected as a simple hilt, for simple pusakas such as old betok, sombro betok etc... Many of them are made and carved on bones, but some are carved on elephant’s ivory too...
GANJAWULUNG
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Thanks Pak Jimmy for the info. I notice that there seems to be a head at the upper portion of the hilt. Some are obvious and others less obvious or hidden. What does that represents?