Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Keris-Yogya nice wood Waranka

Jean · 1st October 2018, 08:22 PM

Hello Roland,
Trembalo Jawa is Cassia Javanica L. but your highly chatoyant warangka seems to be made from rarer trembalo Aceh wood (a different species).
See an old warangka iras from Yogyakarta made from the same wood as yours I think.
Regards

1st October 2018, 08:22 PM	#3
Jean Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,740	Hello Roland, Trembalo Jawa is Cassia Javanica L. but your highly chatoyant warangka seems to be made from rarer trembalo Aceh wood (a different species). See an old warangka iras from Yogyakarta made from the same wood as yours I think. Regards Attached Images