occupation of this fellow?

[simatua]

Maybe i am to crazy about my keris hobby.....and imagening things.
This weekend brought this from a flee-market to my home.
The statue is about 40 cm high, made of very heavy wood. I think not very old, but can have some age. The brown paint from the body is almost gone.
I gave this fellow the task to hold one of my kerises.....but,

Although it looks like a keris bearer, maybe he had another occupation. The face seems more Chinese to me, a fisherman or.....
any idea ???

[Rick]

I think it might well be a keris holder .
The Chinaman form has been seen before .

[VVV]

I agree with Rick.
The Chinaman version of kerisholder doesn't seem to be unusual on Bali (based on museum collections and keris publications).

Michael

[Radu Transylvanicus]

Its definatelly the right man for the job, chances are it really is a keris holder. Maybe not a pusaka or the traditional garuda or gayang figure but it does not lack exotism & cool. Like the ones before me I believe this might be a modern Balinese carving. I am pretty sure you shouldnt look for atributing superpowers or desperatelly find what "school" does it belong to, just enjoy it as it is... A saying goes "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder", oops I meant "beholder"... :)

[simatua]

thanks for the received information. It gives me a task to search on for related ones, like photo's etc.
I did't expect it eighter to be a very special one with 'superpowers"
i just like it the way it is

[Henk]

This fellow is definitely a kerisholder. I've seen those characters before. it's a nice one.

[nechesh]

Really matters not one way or the other....he's a keris holder now! :D