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Balinese kris from Polish Museum
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14th February 2005, 07:39 AM
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John
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The wood looks to be
pelet
and the figure appears to be
Boma
, an earth guardian for warding off evil entities as Tom surmises. Sometimes seen with finger claws. An example could be seen in the book "Royal gifts from Indonesia".
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