Keris Pedang Lombok

Battara · 16th January 2005, 08:44 PM

Nice repousse work and Siva's eyes. Question. How can one tell the difference between Balinese and Lombok work if they are this similar? To me, this piece all smacks of Balinese work.

nechesh · 17th January 2005, 01:08 AM

Hey Jose, i'll probably get an argument from somewhere about this, but in truth i would say that with out provenance you really can'y tell the difference. Lombak was pretty much a Balinese colony for years and so as went Bali so went Lombak.

Naga Sasra · 17th January 2005, 01:28 PM

Hi Blu,
Thank you for showing us another nice blade, we did have a thread on the form of the blade back in 2002.

In case you or other forum members missed it, here it is:

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001182.htm

As information on Lombok/Bali blades are quite sparse, it would be very nice if anybody out there could enlighten us further on this type of blades and its variants.

BluErf · 17th January 2005, 03:16 PM

What is from Bali and what is from Lombok -- that is indeed a very very good question. If I didn't know this piece was collected from Lombok, I would have a hard time telling too.

As for the "3rd eye of Shiva", its a valid point that there are 2 of them on the blade, but then again, the "3rd eye of Shiva" features on the wrangka also comes in pairs. I don't know.

Naga Sasra -- thanks for the link, but I think its dead.

Naga Sasra · 17th January 2005, 04:00 PM

Blu,
Sorry about the link, I forgot to double check, anyway it is easy to find look in UBB Forum 2000-2004, use search, type in Mick.
The topic is named : Request for Dapur information started by Mick posted on 09-11-02

16th January 2005, 08:44 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,346	Nice repousse work and Siva's eyes. Question. How can one tell the difference between Balinese and Lombok work if they are this similar? To me, this piece all smacks of Balinese work.

17th January 2005, 01:08 AM	#2
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Hey Jose, i'll probably get an argument from somewhere about this, but in truth i would say that with out provenance you really can'y tell the difference. Lombak was pretty much a Balinese colony for years and so as went Bali so went Lombak.

17th January 2005, 01:28 PM	#3
Naga Sasra Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boca Raton, Florida, USA Posts: 108	Hi Blu, Thank you for showing us another nice blade, we did have a thread on the form of the blade back in 2002. In case you or other forum members missed it, here it is: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001182.htm As information on Lombok/Bali blades are quite sparse, it would be very nice if anybody out there could enlighten us further on this type of blades and its variants.

17th January 2005, 03:16 PM	#4
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	What is from Bali and what is from Lombok -- that is indeed a very very good question. If I didn't know this piece was collected from Lombok, I would have a hard time telling too. As for the "3rd eye of Shiva", its a valid point that there are 2 of them on the blade, but then again, the "3rd eye of Shiva" features on the wrangka also comes in pairs. I don't know. Naga Sasra -- thanks for the link, but I think its dead.

17th January 2005, 04:00 PM	#5
Naga Sasra Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boca Raton, Florida, USA Posts: 108	Blu, Sorry about the link, I forgot to double check, anyway it is easy to find look in UBB Forum 2000-2004, use search, type in Mick. The topic is named : Request for Dapur information started by Mick posted on 09-11-02