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Fledgling keris collector first purchases

16th May 2009, 02:31 AM	#21
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	Doubtful that the hilt is from 16C , but one never knows .. This hilt seems almost a fusion of Balinese and N.Jawa styles; there seems to be no tumpal throne as I know it . The decorative motifs seem N. Coast . The surface the figure is sitting on is quite different also. What does it represent ? The Sea, the Firmament ?

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