INDONESIA, JAVA, metal "keloh" rings
    Same general type as Mitchiner vol III #2610+, which he attributes as "Lavapura" in southeast Asia.  Dating probably ~1000- 1300 AD.  They come in a range of shapes, with the extremes being round wire cast in an open circular ring to circular rings with very bulbous ends, and some other types not pictured in M.  Metal ranges from soft lead to yellow bronze.  Most common is a lead-tin-copper mix called "ganza" in the Burmese context, (I don't have the name of the alloy in Indonesian).  In this listing I've grouped bronze & "ganza" together, separated out lead, with the primary distinctions being shape, then weight.  Illustrations comprise about a fifth of my stock.

IJK14) INDONESIA,  JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 15x13mm, 16g, $12.00 sold 8/14/2007
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IJK15) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 15x12mm, 14.9g, $12.00 sold 10/12/2008
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IJK16) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 24mm dia., 12.7g, $6.50 sold 6/7/2008
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IJK17) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 22x20mm dia., 11.7g, $12.00 sold 3/19/2008
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IJK18) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 21x20mm dia., 12.8g, $12.00 sold 3/19/2008
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IJK20) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 21x19mm dia., 10.6g, $12.00 sold 10/14/2009
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IJK21) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," 18mm dia., 10g, $12.00 sold 10/14/2009
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IJK22) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 19x17mm dia., 9.1g, $12.00 sold 10/14/2009
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IJK23) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 19x18mm dia., 6.8g, $12.00 sold 12/18/2012
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IJK11) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," bronze, 34x33mm dia, 13.7g, $14.00 sold 3/19/2008
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IJK24) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 18mm flares, 22.1g, $18.00 sold 3/19/2008
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IJK25) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 17mm flares, 14.8g, $18.00 sold 8/25/2009
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IJK26) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 17mm flares, 14.9g, $18.00 sold 3/19/2008
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IJK27) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 14mm flares, 8g, $6.50 sold 4/8/2015
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IJK29) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 11mm conical flat ended flares, 10.5g, $18.00 sold 3/19/2008
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IJK28) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 11mm flares, 7g, $18.00
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IJK13) INDONESIA, JAVA, 13-15th c., metal ring "keloh," ganza, 38mm long, 12.2g, $24.00 sold 3/19/2008
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