Quote:
|
Originally Posted by erikscollectables
These are all four very rare and desirable!
It is hard even to find one of these - let alone four such great items!
Ratan shields with the cotton covers still there are very rare.
The old type of copper peurise is in itstelf very rare and with 5 and 6 stars they are close to unique items!
Most Aceh shields have 7 stars!
Great finds, congrats Maurice!
|
Besides that they look nice and attractive and they are hard to find, I like above all the provenance of these shields. That was the primary reason buying these pieces at the first place!
The peurise teumaga's are very heavy! And although one is pretty damaged, I like this one very much because of it's provenance!
Without the provenance I would have left it where it was.. :-)
In the article "Inheemse Wapens in den Oostindischen Archipel, written by H.J. Voskuil", you find on page 14, Afb. D, images of peurises.
There are depicted 4 shields. One with no stars, one with 7 stars, and 2 ratan shields with 5 stars each...