Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - DOEHOENG KASOENDAN (A Soenda Perspective)

Gustav · 25th December 2021, 10:42 AM

Hello Amuk Murugul,

of course this Keris did have at least one stopover in workshops run by portuguese in ther trading facilities or colonies, where the stones in the hilt were in set in a Ceilonese fashion, and possibly the Mendak was made. The style of overpainting of the sheath is associated with a Cochin workshop.

You surely were aware of this thread with more details on this:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...chordens+keris

But yes, I think the possibility this Keris originally came out of Java with this sheath is very high.

25th December 2021, 10:42 AM	#82
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,196	Hello Amuk Murugul, of course this Keris did have at least one stopover in workshops run by portuguese in ther trading facilities or colonies, where the stones in the hilt were in set in a Ceilonese fashion, and possibly the Mendak was made. The style of overpainting of the sheath is associated with a Cochin workshop. You surely were aware of this thread with more details on this: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...chordens+keris But yes, I think the possibility this Keris originally came out of Java with this sheath is very high.