Keris Holders

[TVV]

#4) Last but not least, the question still remains, aside from the, Berman Museum, the Met, & Farrow Fine Art Gallery, does anyone know of a US Museum or Gallery that has holders in its collection?

If I remember correctly, there is a holder or two in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (along with some nice keris).

[asomotif]

I don not own any keris holders, but never the less have some knowlegde to share.
IMHO there are keris holders that appear to be from bali, but the hole in it is sometimes even to small to fit the smallest of javanese keris.
For me that is an indication that these are made for tourist / export market.

About nine years ago I bought a wooden statue of a chinese looking boy, laying on his back with his hands behind his head.
With his feet he was playing with a bal.
He was wearing only a jacket and no trousers.
The space between his legs was the perfect sice to hold a balinese keris that would than lean aways from the boy in such a way that the boy was looking at the keris.
The statue was not old, but well made.
Sad enough I was not interested in keris at that time and I sold it again.

I have seen more examples of chinese boys as keris holders.
Any info on that from other forumites ?

Good luck and best regards,
Willem