Seeking advice on Balinese keris hulu

[David]

Originally Posted by Paul de Souza

Here is another brass grantim. The dealer I bought this from said it is "an old piece from Lombok". Just to share.

Paul, i have this hilt's exact twin. So exact that it would seem that these were perhaps casts and probably came out of the same workshop.
We had a discussion some time ago about what folks meant when they used the term "old". Dealers in general probably have a different definition most of the time than the average collector. I have always assumed that a hilt like this is at least post-WWII and probably a little newer than that. Possibly vintage would be a suitable term. Certainly not new. Here is a quick shot of mine for comparison.

Edit: Now that we have both our hilts up i do notice some small differences in the motifs around the top of the hilt, so perhaps not cast after all. The similarities are still very close and lead me to believe they came out of the same workshop around the same time.