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Gustav · 7th February 2010, 11:08 AM

The blade seems to be a keris blade, without gonjo and heavily reshaped at the base, but two sogokan and bungkul are there. You even can see the remains of pejetan on the upper side (in these pictures). Here a diagramm for the terms: http://www.kerisattosanaji.com/kerisdiagram.html

This pamor is called aiq ngelek (in Sasak language) and seems to be typical for Lombok (according to book "Keris di Lombok" of Ir. H. Lalu Djelenga, page 233).

I don't have experience in modern working with silver (?) in Indonesia (pendok, selut etc.), but my guess would be the last twenty years for the scabbard, looking at this wire work. Not the newest work, but also not so old. But this is really a guess

7th February 2010, 11:08 AM	#5
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,245	The blade seems to be a keris blade, without gonjo and heavily reshaped at the base, but two sogokan and bungkul are there. You even can see the remains of pejetan on the upper side (in these pictures). Here a diagramm for the terms: http://www.kerisattosanaji.com/kerisdiagram.html This pamor is called aiq ngelek (in Sasak language) and seems to be typical for Lombok (according to book "Keris di Lombok" of Ir. H. Lalu Djelenga, page 233). I don't have experience in modern working with silver (?) in Indonesia (pendok, selut etc.), but my guess would be the last twenty years for the scabbard, looking at this wire work. Not the newest work, but also not so old. But this is really a guess Last edited by Gustav; 7th February 2010 at 01:40 PM. Reason: bad English