dukun keris ended on ebay

asomotif · 29th December 2010, 11:22 PM

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For the finishing price; well, you tell me

Prices for old metals have gone up, but only non ferro metals.
For iron this is still a high price

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it's Santa-Claus!!!!

LOL

Yes, that was my feeling too. especially being offered in the X-mas season.

But seriously, I still have some questions.
- Is there any market for such an item within Indonesia, maybe as a djimat ?
- Or is such an item purely made for outsiders/western collectors ?
- Also I wonder if due to the nice book on keris sajen we might encounter more fantasy keris like objects in the future ?

David · 30th December 2010, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by asomotif

- Also I wonder if due to the nice book on keris sajen we might encounter more fantasy keris like objects in the future ?

I would think that a book like Ancient Ancestors would be more likely to discourage objects like this. In my quick perusal of that book i didn't see anything that looked like this...

Newsteel · 30th December 2010, 04:20 PM

Common gentlemen, you got to be serious. Look at the dapur. It's the dukun (shaman or male witch) himself... lol

tunggulametung · 1st January 2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by asomotif

But seriously, I still have some questions.
- Is there any market for such an item within Indonesia, maybe as a djimat ?
- Or is such an item purely made for outsiders/western collectors ?

Hello Asomotif, I think I can firmly answer this. Yes, there is a narrow domestic market for such item for different purposes

but generally speaking as jimat/charm. From my observation the Semar shape being the most popular. Outsiders? Seriously? Do you mean like mysterious creatures from Mars? Well all I can say is that you don't need Indonesian passport to buy such item. Hope this help.

asomotif · 2nd January 2011, 11:08 AM

Hello tunggulametung,

Thanks for your reply.
ET buy keris

NO, by Outsiders I meant people from outside the indonesian culture.
But from your reply I understand that this object may also be made a a djimat.
The shape of an old man with hat and beard does not look very Indonesian to me, so therefore I had the feeling that this was made for westerners.

Best wishes for 2011 !

Willem

kulbuntet · 3rd January 2011, 01:31 AM

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30th December 2010, 04:20 PM	#3
Newsteel Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 132	Common gentlemen, you got to be serious. Look at the dapur. It's the dukun (shaman or male witch) himself... lol

2nd January 2011, 11:08 AM	#5
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,237	Hello tunggulametung, Thanks for your reply. ET buy keris NO, by Outsiders I meant people from outside the indonesian culture. But from your reply I understand that this object may also be made a a djimat. The shape of an old man with hat and beard does not look very Indonesian to me, so therefore I had the feeling that this was made for westerners. Best wishes for 2011 ! Willem

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