Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another Unusual Moro Kriss....any ideas??

CharlesS · 27th October 2008, 09:20 PM

Here is yet another Moro kriss variant. I have seen several brass pommel krisses, but not a fully cast brass hilt like this. The seam in the casting seems to be covered with yet another piece of highly detailed work to the bottom of the pommel.

Also note the high detailed and somewhat unusual belalai gajah and jenggot gajah(Indonesian terms for those parts), or lower guard. The 'elephant trunk' has not been shortened or broken, and appears higher and more notched than typical....if, indeed, that is the 'trunk'.

Any ideas regarding origins are welcomed. I have no reason to think this is anything other than Moro, but from where, more specifically?

27th October 2008, 09:20 PM	#1
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Another Unusual Moro Kriss....any ideas?? Here is yet another Moro kriss variant. I have seen several brass pommel krisses, but not a fully cast brass hilt like this. The seam in the casting seems to be covered with yet another piece of highly detailed work to the bottom of the pommel. Also note the high detailed and somewhat unusual belalai gajah and jenggot gajah(Indonesian terms for those parts), or *lower guard. The 'elephant trunk' has not* been shortened or broken, and appears higher and more notched than typical....if, indeed, that is the 'trunk'. Any ideas regarding origins are welcomed. I have no reason to think this is anything other than Moro, but from where, more specifically? Attached Images