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8th November 2006, 07:20 PM
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Sweet!
 Very nice find.Lew |
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9th November 2006, 10:45 AM
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Thanks Lew,
Cute hilt with large eyes. My 9 year old daughter loves it. Any comments about origin, blade, cultural background etc? Michael |
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9th November 2006, 01:01 PM
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I've seen a similar profiled hilt, here: Labelled as Minangkabau...
 http://www.jbarkerarts.com/special.php?artID=036 Not much help. But it's a start... 
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9th November 2006, 01:31 PM
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Thanks Shahrial,
On that site I also found this "Bima hilt" so maybe their classifications aren't so accurate? http://www.jbarkerarts.com/special.php?artID=057 But it's nice to know that there are other hilts like mine. I know I have seen the same hilt somewehere else but can't remember where? I think it was in a Keris book but couldn't find it before I posted? Michael |
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9th November 2006, 02:04 PM
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Reference book on Jambi's weapons...
You may wish to get a copy of this book about Traditional weapons of people from Jambi region. It's in Bahasa Indonesian, but does have pictures and maps.
Title: Senjata Tradisional Masyarakat Daerah Jambi Authors : Navarin Karim, Hari Purnomo, Irwan Budiman. Publisher [Jakarta] : Department of Education and Culture, Director General Cultural, History and Traditional Values, Project Research Cultural Values (Indonesia), 1993. I'll be looking it up in the Reference Library, when I can find the time...  .
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9th November 2006, 03:21 PM
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Thanks Shahrial!
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11th November 2006, 01:57 AM
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Adni had a 'related' keris and hulu come in a while back.
Related in the sense that the hulu shares the same 'receded' nose and protruding 'forehead', but not as exaggerated as the keris above. The blade on this example is also very interesting in that it is so slim and lanky. I would only say probably not Minang, not Palembang. Ah, this is a very grey area for me.
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