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A. G. Maisey · 10th April 2018, 02:00 AM

David, I would need to look at method of construction of the pendok before I could give a definite opinion on where it was made, but now you have drawn my attention to the pendok motif, that I did no more than glance at yesterday, I can say that this motif contains a lot of Jogja sub-motifs.Additionally, as you have pointed out, the overall profile of the scabbard just doesn't look like Bali --- but it could get by as Lombok.

From what I can see, I think the atasan of the wrongko is genuine Bali or Lombok.

I very probably knew the man who produced the hilt, he might also have had a part in the pendok production. I would not take a stance against production of the entire thing in Jogja, beginning with a nice ivory atasan.

10th April 2018, 02:00 AM	#7
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,019	David, I would need to look at method of construction of the pendok before I could give a definite opinion on where it was made, but now you have drawn my attention to the pendok motif, that I did no more than glance at yesterday, I can say that this motif contains a lot of Jogja sub-motifs.Additionally, as you have pointed out, the overall profile of the scabbard just doesn't look like Bali --- but it could get by as Lombok. From what I can see, I think the atasan of the wrongko is genuine Bali or Lombok. I very probably knew the man who produced the hilt, he might also have had a part in the pendok production. I would not take a stance against production of the entire thing in Jogja, beginning with a nice ivory atasan.