Kebo keris from Bali

[A. G. Maisey]

Yeah, I didn't notice the bead, & it would be a replacement, but just the same, that uwer needs to go.

Incidentally, a couple weeks back I found out what an "uwer" really is, besides being that little ring under a keris Hilt.

It is the rolled up bit of palm leaf that women --- mostly village women --- use to enlarge the hole in the ear lobe so it can accept a big stud.

Pretty funny I reckon. Like a lot of the names used for keris associated things.