Origin of this hilt type

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by Manolo

Hello,

In the book Ragam Hulu Keris there is a very similar ukiran on page 75:
"116. Sulawesi Jawa Denam, merupakan bentuk standar di Sulawesi Selatan." It may support the Bugis/Sulawesi thought.

I will scan the page tomorrow and post it.

Regards,
Emanuel

Thanks Manolo, you've keen eyes ... There are many similarities between them. Looking at it closely, there are also many differences as well.

[Emanuel]

Yup, I do indeed see differences. Some more corroboration on the Sulawesi provenance comes via Frey's book...shows a good number of keris with ukiran very close (though maybe not quite identical ) to yours, labelled as Sulawesi-Bugis. Too bad he doesn't provide names for them...nice pics though.

Emanuel

Oops, I get it you already know it's Bugis, but need specifics...

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by Manolo

... Some more corroboration on the Sulawesi provenance comes via Frey's book...shows a good number of keris with ukiran very close (though maybe not quite identical ) to yours, labelled as Sulawesi-Bugis. Too bad he doesn't provide names for them...nice pics though.

Thanks again Manolo for the effort. The thing is, it's close but none is an exact match, at least in terms of design or aesthetics... hmmm...

Originally Posted by Manolo

... Oops, I get it you already know it's Bugis, but need specifics...

Sorry ... I should have mentioned that I know it's probably Bugis, but from where? Sulawesi? Riau-Lingga? Sumatra? Peninsular? or elsewhere...