Re your post 11 David, yes, you are correct, but I tend to think in terms of Sulawesi = Bugis. Wrong, I know. Ideally I should think in terms of ethnic groups:- Bugis, Makassarese, Toraja, Mandar, but I don't, principally because I have very little interest in keris that come from outside the core areas of Jawa and Bali. Rightly or wrongly I tend to think of keris from outside the core areas as "keris-like objects". I guess I have been corrupted by too much contact with old-time, hardline Javanese and Balinese gentlemen.
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