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A. G. Maisey · 12th October 2011, 11:23 PM

With usual qualification:- based upon what I can see in the photos.

man with bird --- keris, recent, not for wear

black hilt --- keris, recent, Lombok

naked figure --- keris

man with serpent --- pestle or small knife (pisau pemutik or temutik), however, I feel this has been done purely as a sculpture, because both knife hilts and pestle handles usually have a ferrule fitted

By "recent" I mean after WWII

An enormous amount of small sculptures in the form of hilts have been available in Bali and Lombok over the last 30 years; a lot of things produced in Lombok are sold in Bali.

12th October 2011, 11:23 PM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,752	With usual qualification:- based upon what I can see in the photos. man with bird --- keris, recent, not for wear black hilt --- keris, recent, Lombok naked figure --- keris man with serpent --- pestle or small knife (pisau pemutik or temutik), however, I feel this has been done purely as a sculpture, because both knife hilts and pestle handles usually have a ferrule fitted By "recent" I mean after WWII An enormous amount of small sculptures in the form of hilts have been available in Bali and Lombok over the last 30 years; a lot of things produced in Lombok are sold in Bali.