Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th July 2012, 02:35 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
4th July 2012, 02:27 AM
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Entertaining Speculations . . .
Hi Vandoo — I like how your mind is working on this question. Yes, more things are possible than we currently have hard evidence for, and we should stay open if possible. . . Cinna ;)
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd July 2012, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 13
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Thanks to all . . .
Thanks, Vandoo, for this. . .
I agree. The practice was quite widespread. Controlling whatever is truly rare and curious is still a preoccupation of some who are wealthy . . . .
I want to...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd July 2012, 02:45 PM
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a long reply quoting David - and a new question
What makes you think that this hilt example is "hunchbacked" (other than the title of the thread which i find misleading). The figure is bent forward, but this seems more a matter of posture than...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd July 2012, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 13
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clarification - kris hilt depicting a dwarf
Hi Jim and other kris afficionados:
Thanks for your kind note, Jim. I'm not a collector, but just seeking information, and if possible, pictorial examples (or references to plates in books or...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st July 2012, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 13
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Kris handles showing royal 'mascots'?
Hi —
I have heard the pre-20th century courts of Indonesia and maybe other areas of SE Asia that value the kris historically kept dwarves, hunchbacks, and other deformed humans around for their...
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