Crescent Moon Exhibition

A. G. Maisey · 6th May 2006, 04:04 AM

The blade was not revealed.

Only one weapon had the blade shown, and that was possibly the only one which definitely should not have had the blade on open display:- Si Ginjei, a pusaka of the Jambi Sultanate.Oh yes, there was one other, a tombak.

My personal stance on the display of blades which are known to have had, or continue to have a pusaka role is that it is perhaps best not to display these blades to the general public.

Display of an art work, display of a blade that has no known or suspected pusaka role, well, that is one thing. Public display of a pusaka, whether one from the past, or a one that is still regarded as fulfilling that function, I regard as at the very least a thing of extreme bad taste.

The focus of the display of weapons was on the art of the dress, which in all pieces on display, was superb.

6th May 2006, 04:04 AM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,048	The blade was not revealed. Only one weapon had the blade shown, and that was possibly the only one which definitely should not have had the blade on open display:- Si Ginjei, a pusaka of the Jambi Sultanate.Oh yes, there was one other, a tombak. My personal stance on the display of blades which are known to have had, or continue to have a pusaka role is that it is perhaps best not to display these blades to the general public. Display of an art work, display of a blade that has no known or suspected pusaka role, well, that is one thing. Public display of a pusaka, whether one from the past, or a one that is still regarded as fulfilling that function, I regard as at the very least a thing of extreme bad taste. The focus of the display of weapons was on the art of the dress, which in all pieces on display, was superb.