Add on to my sewar collection

[kai]

Hello Detlef,

Congrats, another bargain and nice addition to your growing sewar collection!

Judging from the quality of the wood carving as well as the silverwork, I'd estimate the fittings to be post-WW2; still a genuine status piece with signs of use/wear from a later period IMHO.

Have read in " Traditional Weapons Of The Indonesian Archipelago" about sewar the following: " More expensive examples , often totally or partly covered with precious metal, may be decorated with enamel or small stones... On hilts with a flat upper part we sometimes see a golden decoration called tampo"

This refers to the calyx also seen at the base of the hilt in other high-end Aceh status blades rather than the pommel (which also has special decorations in these examples).

Regards,
Kai