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Ganapati 16th May 2022 11:47 PM

Thoughts on this keris like blade w a carved handle?
 
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Not sure what to make of it but handle is extremely well carved and ivory I think

Alan what do you think about this blade age origin and quality?

Tha ks

A. G. Maisey 17th May 2022 12:17 AM

A pretty piece of work GP.

The hilt is not ivory, it is bone or deer antler, more likely to be bone I think.

The "keris" is not in my opinion, a keris.
It is a keris-like object where the form of a keris has been used as a canvas for decorative design.

What is the blade material? It almost looks like a casting of some type. I have not seen anything precisely the same, but the pewter industry in Selangor, Malaysia has produced both small & large keris in pewter.

If it is not Selangor it might be a Madura production. The hilt is current era Bali, not made as a keris hilt, but art or craft work made in the form of a keris hilt.

It is pretty, but we are not looking at a keris here.


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