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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
It does bear a somewhat better than average mendak.
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Hello Alan,
yes, I agree, this is maybe the best part of this piece.
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I think this is a good start to collecting keris:- it tells Corrado what not to buy, but at the same time demonstrates the skills used in producing what he should aim to acquire.
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Agree complete with you.
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David doesn't like the term "Tourist keris" , and neither do I. In fact there never have been many keris that were made specifically to sell to tourists. The only ones I can think of were the Bali things of the '70's & '80's that had flat iron blades and "pamor batik" (patterned blades created by covering with wax, drawing a motif, and soaking in acid).
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Like you and David I also don't like this term and I agree with you that this blades with "pamor batik" could be termed as best "tourist keris".
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
This keris of Corrado's is not in any way "tourist", it is decorative craft-work, and an urban Indonesian could use it as a wall decoration, just as Corrado has done.
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Here I don't agree complete, also an Indonesian could be a tourist in his own country. The complete execution of this piece is more as roughly worked, the blade and special the wood carving, not nearly in the way what Madurese craftsmen are able to do. So when the term "tourist keris" could be used it would fit by this piece as best IMVHO.
Regards,
Detlef