Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2015, 06:59 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st March 2015, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,651
Looks like an old trade blade. Malay dress -...
Looks like an old trade blade. Malay dress - could be either side of the Malacca Straits. Cute hilt - old ones are not that common anyway. Probably not worth the bother of restoring unless the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
23rd February 2015, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,492
At least in the Malay context, the presence of...
At least in the Malay context, the presence of gold in a keris is a fairly good indicator that the piece was at least meant for noble wear. Early textual accounts usually proscribe wear of gold for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2014, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,234
Not my area of expertise but I doubt this is...
Not my area of expertise but I doubt this is Burmese. I'd say more likely northeast Thai (Esarn) or southern Lao. Could also be Khmer. You sometimes see similar billed as betel knives but would...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2014, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 28,796
I think this is marvelous! The blade is clearly...
I think this is marvelous! The blade is clearly forged in the Peninsular tradition...given that it came from Thailand that suggests Pattani or thereabouts. The katana style blade came to be popular...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2014, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th March 2014, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 9,884
A curious piece. Looks all Peninsular to me but...
A curious piece. Looks all Peninsular to me but with a sheath modelled after a Javanese Pasisir type. Others have already mentioned Madura but you also see similar sheaths all along the North coast....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th June 2013, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 10
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Agree this is a Gayo keris with a Malay jawa...
Agree this is a Gayo keris with a Malay jawa demam hilt. Semi-sort of agree with Alan in that often kerises were changed, modified, upgraded, downgraded due to historical circumstances...however,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2013, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 27,937
Properly speaking this sampir style in Kelantan...
Properly speaking this sampir style in Kelantan is known as a sampir "pucuk kacang". My understanding at this point is that the term Ku Sriwa is an attribution to a group of kerises with this style...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th May 2013, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 11,798
I originally thought these were from Palembang...
I originally thought these were from Palembang but I've also seen evidence that they may be from Bengkulu. The hilt you have is unfortunately not right for the piece. Afraid I don't have a good...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th May 2013, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 11,798
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th May 2013, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,651
As an institutional man, perhaps I can add a...
As an institutional man, perhaps I can add a little to this conversation from an institutional perspective. The origins of the museum as an institution are usually traced to the Enlightenment period...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
13th May 2013, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 11,798
To briefly interrupt the thread of the...
To briefly interrupt the thread of the conversation, I wanted to address the question of the origin of the keris which are a part of the conversation. Both, I feel, come from the area of Sumatra...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2013, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,281
Blocky Hilted Badik for ID
I suppose I will let the cat out of the bag and let you all know that I'm currently working on a new exhibition which will present the weapons collections of the old Raffles Library and Museum...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2013, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 24,273
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2013, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 39,359
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2013, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 24,273
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2013, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 40,893
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2013, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 39,359
This discussion has taken an interesting...
This discussion has taken an interesting tangent...
I'm no expert by any means but I did want to raise one other alternate theory. I have seen unworked "gigi" in Kelantan and Pattani and it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2013, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 24,273
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2013, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 39,359
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2013, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 24,273
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th November 2012, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,813
More or less you've correctly identified the...
More or less you've correctly identified the piece...a brand of parang from the Northeast Malay Peninsula. The name is a bit more tricky though. First off the term "Parang Ginah" (which I think...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2012, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,210
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2012, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 29,275
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