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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4039197, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, the gunong is related to the Moro keris/kalis.</p><p>The keris was probably introduced from East Java into the Philippines during the Majapahit era, 1293-ca 1500. The East Javanese Majapahit empire spread to parts of the Philippines, parts of mainland Asia as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The blade of the one you posted looks a bit like an early Javanese keris called the keris buda, except the blade on the keris buda is &#039;jalak&#039;, more leaf shaped.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first two are keris buda:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vikingsword.com%2Fethsword%2Fmaisey%2Fkerism6.jpg&amp;sp=1620990142Te4b42cf9b8173d3e967f6f99fc7a00110dcfb023cd59ef909848a803e1c14f1d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://worldofkeris.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-development-and-history-of-keris.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldofkeris.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-development-and-history-of-keris.html" rel="nofollow">http://worldofkeris.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-development-and-history-of-keris.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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