A Sumbawa keris kalawija

[sipakatuo]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Sipakatuo,

maybe you can enlighten me about this keris. I collect it 1994 in a antique shop on Bali in very bad condition. Someone with good knowledge assumed that it is maybe a Sumbawa keris. What I never have seen before and after is that this keris have a mendak and selut, two pieces from different metal. All other comments are also very welcome, special about dapur and pamor.

Hello Sajen

IMHO yours is Sumbawa but the kili-kili/mendak is a mixture. The top part is usually found in Sumatra. Don't be surprise although yours is a replacement, that kind of mendak also exist in Nusa Tenggara Barat. I will post to this forum a Keris typical Sumatra found in NTB. There used to be a large number of Sumatran exiled to NTB and served as Moslem Kiyai/Ulama/Priest along with their family. Kampung Melayu/Melayu Village do exist in Bima and the Sultan of Bima very respect to this people.

[sipakatuo]

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[Gustav]

Sipakatuo, thank you very much.

A very nice and interesting pamor work on your blade.

I apologize for my very stupid mistake in the previous post. Sumbawa is one island, consisting of two land areas, joined by an isthmus.

There the two pictures, royal keris of Bima (1634) and a keris, attributed to Makassar(?), with figural hilts depicting Bima.

(Note the small gambar.)

[sipakatuo]

Thank you Gustav for the pictures. IMHO it is originaly Bima not Maccasar. The form of Keris Tatarapeng (Gold Warangka) is made for high status person (King/Nobilty) the same apply in Sulawesi. This kind of Keris do exist in Sulawesi but normaly for Dynasty heirloom, exchange gifts between dynasties. NTB and NTT produced gold (have gold mining in Sekoteng and Tobedo) and people in certaint area in Lombok are well known to make nice warangka from Gold. The skills passed from generations.

[A. G. Maisey]

In Gustav's post, the Makassar keris is the gold one on the right hand side.

It is an early and well documented keris.

Here is the text that accompanies the photograph in Albert van Zonneveld's book.

[sipakatuo]

Thanks Alan for adding the info. I have seen it myself during the cleansing of Pusaka Kerajaan Gowa and Bone which I have documented (pictures and video). I will post some of the pictures here. The Tatarapang that now in Gowa is actually a gift from Kerajaan Demak (exchange). I am agree with Zooneveld that it is not certain that the blade was made in Bugis. I have been in and out of Sulawesi few times visiting village to village seeing panre bessie (Pande Besi) and saw few people who own kerisses and none have the same keris like Gustav has posted. The shape and the style are out of Sulawesi.

[sipakatuo]

Kalompoang

Procession of Cleansing Gowa's Heirlooms in South Sulawesi.

I am sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, I have to reduce/compress the size.

Just a small number of pictures to share.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by sipakatuo

Hello Sajen

IMHO yours is Sumbawa but the kili-kili/mendak is a mixture. The top part is usually found in Sumatra. Don't be surprise although yours is a replacement, that kind of mendak also exist in Nusa Tenggara Barat. I will post to this forum a Keris typical Sumatra found in NTB. There used to be a large number of Sumatran exiled to NTB and served as Moslem Kiyai/Ulama/Priest along with their family. Kampung Melayu/Melayu Village do exist in Bima and the Sultan of Bima very respect to this people.

Hello Sipakatuo,

thank you very much. So which specifics let you think that this is a Sumbawa keris? The keris you show have indeed a very similar selut/pendokok. But what is with extra mendak? I am sure that the hilt, pendokok and mendak very long together with the blade.

sajen

[Gustav]

Dear All,

an interesting article about Keris Sumbawa:http://images.simatua.multiply.multi...?nmid=90251283