More or less agreed.
Blade can be classified as a generic Mataram style, yes, it was 11 luk.
The cecekan or patra --- the hilt carvings --- seem to be generally agreed as residual demonic faces, this planar hilt style originated in the Islamic enclaves of the North Coast & were originally the prerogative of princes.
I am inclined to think that this keris was perhaps last worn in East Jawa, maybe along the coast.
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