Alan, thank you very much for your detailed response.
Regarding the "Kekandikan" from #6 - it seems to be a form from the island if Java, and could share a common ancestor with Balinese Kekandikan. I never was completely sure if that form is from Sunda or East Java. Perhaps and most likely both.
I have one specimen, which is pre-1850 and
could be pre-1800. The Gandar is tapering and fluted, Kruwingan going almost until the tip. There is a name Salempang being attached to this sheath form in West Java, but I have no possibilities to check it. There can be found a name for everything, of course. Hilt is unusual too, a similar hilt is depicted in a photo of Raden Adipati Aria Wiranotokusumo.
Related sheath forms we encounter also in Central Java.
|