Posted on request: ivory,silver & twistcore!

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by VVV

Interesting piece!

I go for Peninsular Malaysia too based on:

- the full silver collar.
- no clamp added.
- the "karna tinanding"-feature (which might be later) indicates that it comes more from a "keris" than "kris-culture",
where the owner would appreciate esoteric features like that.

Maurice, please take a closer look to see if you see any signs of the extra trunk being made later?

Michael

Michael, I gave the extra trunk a closer look.
It could be done later, but than it happened a long time ago, cause the patina is the same on the edges of the trunk as it is on the other side.

However I came to the conclusion that it probably is done after the two pieces of metal were allready connected to eachother. See yourself where the seperate line between those two are.
The trunk is made from the part of the blade, but a little piece of the "open circular shape" is part of the ganja....

One image I attached with a yellow line to mark the ganja line, to make it more clear...

Kind Regards,
Maurice