18th March 2006, 09:31 AM | #31 |
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And here si my third one (and a the last one for some time, I have to study a couple of books about them first, yes I felt into )...
Balinese this time. I can say only that is vewrry beautiful, nice selut, nice mendak, great ukiran with magnificent patra, pendok damaged, wrangka from verry heavy hardwood. As usually there si questions: - Type of keris? - Type of pamor and what brings? - Who's that angry guy on the ukiran? |
18th March 2006, 11:21 AM | #32 |
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This is a Balinese keris with 7 Luks.
Balinese Hilt (also known as danganan) is in the form of Bima. Probably made from ebony wood. Sheath is in the Balinese ladrang form. Blade needs cleaning (obviously ). Pamor is Ngulit Semangko (watermelon skin). It is said to enhance the owner’s material well being. Interesting abstract patterns at the sorsoran area. Last edited by Alam Shah; 18th March 2006 at 01:07 PM. Reason: added more info... |
18th March 2006, 02:15 PM | #33 |
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Ah,you've moved over to Bali. Good collecting coice now that you have 2 Jawa keris. Before you ask it, this looks like an old one, though again i will stop short of being too specific. But you don't see too many Bali keris with this amount of age around and i would venture that this one is at least pre-19thC and could be much older.
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