Keris from colonial collections - hilt rings missing

tom hyle · 19th June 2005, 08:43 AM

That is interesting, huh? Small removable parts made of jewels and precious metals that may not be missed at the destination, being foreign and unfamiliar, suggest by their particular absense that they have been stripped off/witheld at some point in the commerce and transport for seperate sale etc.? just a guess; certainly the idea of treating jewels on a dagger as a sort of emergency bank account to be raided and stripped to spend at need is frequently encountered in European tales.

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19th June 2005, 08:43 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	That is interesting, huh? Small removable parts made of jewels and precious metals that may not be missed at the destination, being foreign and unfamiliar, suggest by their particular absense that they have been stripped off/witheld at some point in the commerce and transport for seperate sale etc.? just a guess; certainly the idea of treating jewels on a dagger as a sort of emergency bank account to be raided and stripped to spend at need is frequently encountered in European tales.