Keris

[Royce.Wiles at anu.edu.au]

Enrica Garzilli asked

>> >Could anybody help me in finding a bibliography
>> >on Indonesian women Keris (its history, technical
>> >description, use, and social meaning).

The best person to ask about the keris is Bromwen Solyom (brons at hawaii.edu)
at the University of Hawaii, she and her husband have made intensive
studies of the keris.

(I think its nice to stretch Indology's coverage a little now and then.)

Royce Wiles
Asian History Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies
Australian National University
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