Lew Waldman's Ethnographic Arms & Armour Collection Archive


1086 - Three 'Orphaned' Keris Mendaks (Tang Collars)

This lot consists of three mendaks or collars that are fitted at the transition between the blade of an Indonesian keris and its hilt. The gilded smallest example appears relatively new and not of impressive workmanship. The two larger brass examples do appear to have been well made.




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