Keris hilts

BluErf · 19th May 2007, 01:29 AM

This is a Sulawesi hilt. Marine ivory. An unusually upright variant of this form:

http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules...view_photo.php

Motif is very very similar to the piece referenced above too. I can only propose that the uprightness is due to limitation in raw material, or to acommodate a very long peksi. Some Sulawesi keris look like they have imported Javanese blades (high quality ones) to me, so could be that the hilt was made to accommodate the long Javanese Peksi. There could be other reasons.

Marcokeris · 19th May 2007, 12:02 PM

Maybe i don't see well but it seems from elephant (for angle's grain)

David · 19th May 2007, 04:54 PM

I'm with Kai Wee on this...looks like marine ivory from Sulawesi (not necessarily the ivory, but the form

). The color and the ring patterns look correct for the marine stuff. As for whether it is dugong or whale, i am not sure if there is any way to be sure once it has been carved.

19th May 2007, 01:29 AM	#1
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	This is a Sulawesi hilt. Marine ivory. An unusually upright variant of this form: http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules...view_photo.php Motif is very very similar to the piece referenced above too. I can only propose that the uprightness is due to limitation in raw material, or to acommodate a very long peksi. Some Sulawesi keris look like they have imported Javanese blades (high quality ones) to me, so could be that the hilt was made to accommodate the long Javanese Peksi. There could be other reasons.

19th May 2007, 12:02 PM	#2
Marcokeris Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 928	Maybe i don't see well but it seems from elephant (for angle's grain)

19th May 2007, 04:54 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,219	I'm with Kai Wee on this...looks like marine ivory from Sulawesi (not necessarily the ivory, but the form ). The color and the ring patterns look correct for the marine stuff. As for whether it is dugong or whale, i am not sure if there is any way to be sure once it has been carved.