Molar hilt, sumatran keris for comments

[Gustav]

Originally Posted by lemmythesmith

Hi all, that's a nice keris Gustav, I really like it. Does anyone know if these hilts were ever made of mammoth molar or are they of elephant molar only?

Thank you very much, Lemmythesmith.

Another question: knows anybody, which is the origin of the different colours of kinds of molar (sometimes red, yellow, orange)? Can it be the age? Is there a knowledge, from where the certain molar with some concrete colour comes?

(Oh, I see Alan has give an answer for a part of my question...)

[Rick]

This is a petrified material; is it not ?

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*Sorry, I missed Alan's post on this .

Wouldn't the color be determined by the mineral content of the strata it was buried in ?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Rick

This is a petrified material; is it not ?

edit
*Sorry, I missed Alan's post on this .

Wouldn't the color be determined by the mineral content of the strata it was buried in ?

Yes Rick,

it's like you write, the minerals in the ground give the different colours.

Here again my molar hilt.

Regards,

sajen

[Rick]

A fine example of the carver's art, Sajen .
Thanks for sharing .

[Gustav]

Yes, it is beautiful, Sajen I regarded that thread many, many times.

[Sajen]

Thank you Rick and Gustav. What catch my eyes: all three hilts here shown in this thread have a similar colour, while many warangkas and hilts offered in e-bay more blond. They worked maybe from the molar Mr. Maisey told.

Regards,

Detlef

[Sajen]

Here is a other molar hilt from my collection, many more crudely worked.