Bali/Lombok keris from ebay

Gustav · 17th July 2009, 08:51 AM

Alan, thank You for Your very interesting response.

May I ask, was impossible to read it because of the language itself, or because of terminology? I can imagine, You have tryed 25 years ago all possible, and with every year there are less and less people with knowledge about old culture.

(I have heard, the older dalangs are still able to read the ancient language. But of course, it is a very naive thought.)

Tatyana, I think the same about the dresses. But sometimes it seems to me, there is an older stile, the ornamental lines are smaller and somehow very graceful curved. One of such keris is on de Vries catalogue, fairly in the middle with the black gandar and kekandikan. (Of course it is even not an opinion.)

Jussi M. · 17th July 2009, 09:48 AM

Beautiful keris Gustav. Do you have pics of the sheath?

Thanks,

J

Gustav · 17th July 2009, 11:00 AM

Hello Jussi!

there was no sheath, unfortunately.

But if it would be as enigmatic in the way the connexion between uwer and the hilt is ... probably better so

17th July 2009, 08:51 AM	#1
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,280	Alan, thank You for Your very interesting response. May I ask, was impossible to read it because of the language itself, or because of terminology? I can imagine, You have tryed 25 years ago all possible, and with every year there are less and less people with knowledge about old culture. (I have heard, the older dalangs are still able to read the ancient language. But of course, it is a very naive thought.) Tatyana, I think the same about the dresses. But sometimes it seems to me, there is an older stile, the ornamental lines are smaller and somehow very graceful curved. One of such keris is on de Vries catalogue, fairly in the middle with the black gandar and kekandikan. (Of course it is even not an opinion.)

17th July 2009, 09:48 AM	#2
Jussi M. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 235	Beautiful keris Gustav. Do you have pics of the sheath? Thanks, J

17th July 2009, 11:00 AM	#3
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,280	Hello Jussi! there was no sheath, unfortunately. But if it would be as enigmatic in the way the connexion between uwer and the hilt is ... probably better so