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Originally Posted by Javagolok
I have also a question about rencongs!
Where these rencongs made of elephant fossile molar hilts made for use or just for touristic perposes?
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There are rentcongs with the hilt made of the what is called white bone, hulu dandan. They are usually not this shape and I also have not seen any rentcong with fossilized elephant ivory.
That hilt and scabbard style do not say rentcong to me. Does it look more like a tumbuk lada or siwaih to anyone else except me ? I also think ivory is more common on them (though I am not familiar with fossil ivory being used). The blade does have more of the shape of a rentcong. As Alam Shah pointed out the base of the blade ( tampo ? )is round not hexagonal. Hexagonal would point more towards my tumbuk lada feeling. But I think tumbak lada are also found with round bases
Here is the heagonal base on a tumbuk lada blade for reference to what we are talking about
The round base on a siwaih
If I had to make a pick on Javagolok's piece I would have called it a siwaih.