Keris Bugis?

Henk · 5th February 2012, 11:58 AM

Put in my two cents.

Metal fittings aren't cut out from a pendok but made for this sheath. The pictures are not good enough for me to judge the buntut.

The ukiran is an ivory one as mentioned but the mendak is a replacement IMHO. It looks more like a javanese mendak.

The keris isn't a sturdy Bugis blade but has more the feature of a javanese blade. But as we know keris in that region were also forged after Javanese examples which where highly apreciated.But javanese blades were also subject of trading by the Buginese sailors.

I would say we look at an Sumatran keris. I would certainly leave it as it is.
The only thing one can consider to change is the mendak.

5th February 2012, 11:58 AM	#7
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Put in my two cents. Metal fittings aren't cut out from a pendok but made for this sheath. The pictures are not good enough for me to judge the buntut. The ukiran is an ivory one as mentioned but the mendak is a replacement IMHO. It looks more like a javanese mendak. The keris isn't a sturdy Bugis blade but has more the feature of a javanese blade. But as we know keris in that region were also forged after Javanese examples which where highly apreciated.But javanese blades were also subject of trading by the Buginese sailors. I would say we look at an Sumatran keris. I would certainly leave it as it is. The only thing one can consider to change is the mendak.