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Valjhun 18th March 2006 09:31 AM

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And here si my third one (and a the last one for some time, I have to study a couple of books about them first, yes I felt into :) )...

Balinese this time. I can say only that is vewrry beautiful, nice selut, nice mendak, great ukiran with magnificent patra, pendok damaged, wrangka from verry heavy hardwood. As usually there si questions:

- Type of keris?
- Type of pamor and what brings?
- Who's that angry guy on the ukiran?

Alam Shah 18th March 2006 11:21 AM

This is a Balinese keris with 7 Luks.
Balinese Hilt (also known as danganan) is in the form of Bima.
Probably made from ebony wood.

Sheath is in the Balinese ladrang form.
Blade needs cleaning (obviously :D).
Pamor is Ngulit Semangko (watermelon skin). It is said to enhance the owner’s material well being. Interesting abstract patterns at the sorsoran area.

nechesh 18th March 2006 02:15 PM

Ah,you've moved over to Bali. :) Good collecting coice now that you have 2 Jawa keris. Before you ask it, this looks like an old one, though again i will stop short of being too specific. But you don't see too many Bali keris with this amount of age around and i would venture that this one is at least pre-19thC and could be much older. :)


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