Gilded and painted Keris for viewing

[A. G. Maisey]

Yep. Nice too.

Any of these old Bali sunggingans are very, very collectable.

[Gavin Nugent]

Another I secured recently, still to be posted to me, new or old I couldn't say but the wear looked honest enough without going into too much detail.

I'll submit more images when it arrives.

Thanks for posting the images David, I really enjoy looking at these pieces something the eyes can enjoy all day.


All the best Gav

PS guys, if you got em show them I would love to see more diverstity in painting or gilding.

[Marcokeris]

all very nice

[VVV]

Thanks for sharing.
Here is another, more simple, one as a reference.

Michael

[Marcokeris]

Very hard in Bali to find, in my experience, so nice dress.
(price ...are really very high )

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Marcokeris

Very hard in Bali to find, in my experience, so nice dress.
(price ...are really very high )

This I can confirm! All four are very nice!

[David]

Can anyone speak to the place of these painted sheaths culturally? Where these reserved for specific societal stations or could anyone own one?

[A. G. Maisey]

We're looking at Bali keris here, I cannot answer this question. However, for Javanese keris, although some particular person, such as cantung balung, or an actor, may wear a sunggingan keris, nobles also wear them on some occasions, the colour of the sunggingan work and pendok being designated to the rank of the wearer.

I've got a pretty fair small collection of quality sunggingan keris, I'm a bit busy right now, but as soon as I get a chance I'll make some pics available

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Can anyone speak to the place of these painted sheaths culturally? Where these reserved for specific societal stations or could anyone own one?

1994 I have seen one in an antique shop in Klungkung for sale. When I come back two days later the owner have rent it to someone who want to be married.

Detlef