Unusual pamor

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Originally Posted by David

Nice keris. Not uncommon to find Madurese or Javanese keris in Malay dress.
I think the ivory Jawa Demam has some age, bit feel that the colour has been augmented to give it an even older appearance.

Thanks David, are there any tell-tale clues RE artificial colouring of ivory that I should look for? (Apologies if there are already extensive threads dedicated to this topic - as with the Phantom, I came in late).