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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4485198, member: 2844&quot;]Nice kris/kalis Moro. It has some age.</p><p>[USER=36]@evelyb30[/USER] was kind enough to tag me, but I only know about keris.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re right, it is not a keris in the Javanese sense. My &#039;specialisation&#039; is Javanese and Madurese keris from Indonesia, I know a bit about other Indonesian keris, and very little about non-Indonesian keris types.</p><p><br /></p><p>The keris was introduced to the Philippines when it was part of the East-Javanese Majapahit empire (1293-ca 1500), but in the Philippines the purpose of the keris changed from spiritual/ceremonial/personality enhancing to an actual weapon.</p><p>The only things the two stil have in common is the waves on many keris etc, the stylised bird hilts many have, and the use as a status symbol.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think [USER=7258]@Firemandk[/USER] and [USER=10944]@J Dagger[/USER] can tell you more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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