Unknown Prince with keris

erikscollectables · 6th June 2009, 12:36 PM

Many thanks for the interesting info so far on behalf of the owner of the photo. Regards, Erik

A. G. Maisey · 8th June 2009, 08:28 AM

In traditional Javanese thought, money and things associated with money are something less than clean, and are certainly not things that a man of good breeding should be associated with.

As a consequence, the ways in which to store wealth that were available to a man who respected himself, were limited.

One of those ways was by using precious and semi-precious stones as a store of wealth.

Perhaps one of the most affordable of semi-precious stones is the agate.Once the accountable value of the commodity had been established, it automatically became worthy of being something that could be passed to a following generation, and as an object that would have been in close personal contact with the previous custodian, it became elevated to the position of a recognised pusaka.

Of and by itself it could not become a pusaka,it could only achieve this status through contact with a previous custodian.

6th June 2009, 12:36 PM	#1
erikscollectables Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 318	Thanks Many thanks for the interesting info so far on behalf of the owner of the photo. Regards, Erik

8th June 2009, 08:28 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	In traditional Javanese thought, money and things associated with money are something less than clean, and are certainly not things that a man of good breeding should be associated with. As a consequence, the ways in which to store wealth that were available to a man who respected himself, were limited. One of those ways was by using precious and semi-precious stones as a store of wealth. Perhaps one of the most affordable of semi-precious stones is the agate.Once the accountable value of the commodity had been established, it automatically became worthy of being something that could be passed to a following generation, and as an object that would have been in close personal contact with the previous custodian, it became elevated to the position of a recognised pusaka. Of and by itself it could not become a pusaka,it could only achieve this status through contact with a previous custodian.