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BIRD FORM KERIS HANDLES, SUMATRA

10th February 2011, 09:10 AM	#20
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Indeed, a Bugis blade IMHO. The fittings look post-WW2 to me. To me the Bugis blade and fittings with Bali influence makes an origin from Lombok quite probable (with a more recent Madura composite being the other possibility); the non-traditional motifs may make it difficult to prove it one way or the other though. Regards, Kai

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