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Old 23rd November 2012, 08:23 AM   #1
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Default GELAR PAMERAN KERIS NASIONAL 2012 - short review

Well ...

the exhibition lasted for three days, from 20/11/2012 to 23/11/2012 in Museum Mpu Tantular, near my home in Sidoarjo

it is said to exhibit more than 600 pieces of tosan aji, as well as 50 blades, which are submitted to the Keris Making competition held in the same museum at 8th May 2012 - Sept 2012.

Blades entered the exhibition comes from 11 state museum, member of Mitra Praja Utama, representatives from 38 cities in Java, Museum Keris in TMII, Museum keris in Purworejo, and Keris's lover communities

It is sad to see that not many people wanted to see keris anymore ... I came this morning and already half of the display has been dismantled ... only about a third is remaining and can be photographed

basically the exhibition consists of 3 venue

- the collector's item venue
- the result from Keris Making Competition
- shops ... (bursa keris)

all blades are displayed in glass case with adequate lighting ... too bad I did not bring any magnifying glass with me ... it will surely be nice to see details of pamor and garap on each keris

the odd thing is they placed a label on each keris, identifying the dhapur, luks, materials used an pamor ... but no tangguh

armed only with phone camera, I took several dozens of pictures ... mostly with what left of the exhibition, several beautiful keris, details of pamor and few pictures of bursa keris - so pardon the image quality

I also took several pics as wallpapers ...

anyhow, can someone tell me how to upload 30 - 50 images easily ?
now still resizing the images, so it will be easy to look at ... I took more than 150 pics and this forum only allowed 5 pics in each post

anyone interested in larger quality image, just ask ... will post it or email it in its original size (no too good quality, though)
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Old 23rd November 2012, 08:40 AM   #2
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winner of keris making competition
by M. Jamil from Sumenep

Dhapur : Jangkung
Pamor : Lar Gangsir Agal
luk : 3
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Old 23rd November 2012, 08:42 AM   #3
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2nd and 3rd places
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Old 23rd November 2012, 08:44 AM   #4
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marketplace !! hahahaa ...

too bad I cannot take a lot of pics, as it is impolite to take pics of people's goods for sale without making any purchase
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Old 23rd November 2012, 08:49 AM   #5
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back to collector's item

Dhapur : Sempana
Pamor : pulo tirto
meteorite pamor
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Old 23rd November 2012, 09:20 AM   #6
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pics pics and pics ...
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Old 23rd November 2012, 09:35 AM   #7
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more pics

and still about 80 - 90 left ...
shall I continue ??
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Old 23rd November 2012, 09:38 AM   #8
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last one for today
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Old 23rd November 2012, 03:19 PM   #9
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Sweet !
I don't know about anyone else here, but I like looking at nice kerises .
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Old 23rd November 2012, 03:40 PM   #10
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I repeat the SWEET!
...and that i also like to look...
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Old 23rd November 2012, 05:14 PM   #11
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Many thanks for posting. It is really a nice and appreciated gift !
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Old 24th November 2012, 02:20 AM   #12
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Crazy beautiful stuff!
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Beautiful pieces, please show us more!
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glad to see the enthusiasm ... thank you for the appreciation

here's some more

pic 1 - 2
Keris Singo Barong Kilin Kinatah
pamor wos wutah
keris lurus


pic 3 - 4
Keris sardula mangsah kinatah
Pamor wos wutah
luk 7

pic 5 - 6

keris Naga Gajah Lar kinatah
pamor : miji timun
luk : 13
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Old 26th November 2012, 07:39 AM   #15
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Keris Wulan Tumanggal Kinatah
pamor : tumpal keli
keris lurus (no luks)
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1 - 2 - 3

keris jalak tilam upih kinatah lung-lungan kamarogan
pamor : wos wutah
keris lurus


4 - 5
keris naga raja lar
forgot to add notes on luks and pamor ... sorry
15 luks if I'm not mistaken
and this one is large ... blade length (not including deder) is around 70 cm
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Old 26th November 2012, 07:51 AM   #17
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Keris luk 13
Nogo rojo kinatah
pamor : unknown

keris luk 15
Turonggo Dipo Kinatah
If I'm not mistaken, this one made as tribute to Pangeran Diponegoro, a hero against Dutch Occupation
Pamor : wos wutah
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Old 26th November 2012, 08:11 AM   #18
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1st keris
tilam upih
pamor : tambal wengkon meteorite


interesting pamor on this one
dhapur brojowellah
anyone know about the pamor ??
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Old 26th November 2012, 08:16 AM   #19
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keris jalak ngore
pamor wengkon ?? looked like buntel mayit to me
weird looking keris ...



Keris tilam sari pamengkang jagad
pamor satriya pinayungan meteorite


Keris lurus
dhapur sineba
pamor : mrutu sewu meteorite
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Old 26th November 2012, 08:18 AM   #20
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still plenty of pics ... hope I can add more today
if not, maybe tomorrow
hope y'all like it
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additional

Kolo Mino keris, with 25 luks
pamor wos wutah


the other one is old bethok keris
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Old 26th November 2012, 10:24 AM   #22
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keris luk 15 dhapur setan kober (rare dhapur)
with ilining warih pamor

the other should be

Keris dhapur Naga Gajah pamor ganggang kanyut
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last one for today

old bethok pandito kembar keris (keris sajen ?)

who can tell me what pamor on this keris ???
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the odd thing is they placed a label on each keris, identifying the dhapur, luks, materials used an pamor ... but no tangguh
Nice to see such beautiful work. It could be that they did not both with tangguh since so many of these are contemporary creations...
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Nice to see such beautiful work. It could be that they did not both with tangguh since so many of these are contemporary creations...
I agree with David that the organizers were wise and honest by not specifying the tangguh of these krisses . For instance the kris bethok putut kembar shown on the last pictures is not old IMO (sharp edges, no wear, priests carving in modern style, new pamor creation, hilt style, etc). But I also agree that many pieces are beautiful and nicely made although too precious for my taste
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When a tangguh is nominated for something, it is very often an opinion, sometimes just about everybody will agree with the opinion, other times nobody except the person who gave the tangguh will ever have heard of it.

Some people interpret tangguh as "style", other people interpret it as "period", or "era".

I feel that possibly the organisers of this exhibition were wise to avoid offering information on tangguh. At other exhibitions I have seen very recent keris identified as "Mataram" and Majapahit" & etc.
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Some of these pamor patterns are nice and tight - I like that!
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there are couple more ... and several random pics ...
do you guys want to see it ?
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I agree with David that the organizers were wise and honest by not specifying the tangguh of these krisses . For instance the kris bethok putut kembar shown on the last pictures is not old IMO (sharp edges, no wear, priests carving in modern style, new pamor creation, hilt style, etc). But I also agree that many pieces are beautiful and nicely made although too precious for my taste
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I guess so, and other stereotype, which stated that kamardikan keris is bad and lack supernatural powers, thus considered as junk blades ...

whilst I consider keris as art object and deserved to be preserved for future generations


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When a tangguh is nominated for something, it is very often an opinion, sometimes just about everybody will agree with the opinion, other times nobody except the person who gave the tangguh will ever have heard of it.

Some people interpret tangguh as "style", other people interpret it as "period", or "era".

I feel that possibly the organisers of this exhibition were wise to avoid offering information on tangguh. At other exhibitions I have seen very recent keris identified as "Mataram" and Majapahit" & etc.
I myself never bother about tangguh as I found it too confusing and even an expert here can and will still make mistakes in terms of tangguh ...

I just enjoy the blade ...

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Nice to see such beautiful work. It could be that they did not both with tangguh since so many of these are contemporary creations...
yeah, agree with that ... many are new keris, and several are oversized ones

too bad that representatives from Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi and Sumatra already dismantling their exhibit during my visit ...

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I don't think that tangguh itself is so confusing, once we understand the indicators and the parameters that must be applied, as well as the founding logic of tangguh, it is not at all confusing, but it is very true that people are often confused by some of the opinions offered.

As I have commented previously, more than once, at the present time everybody wants to stick a tangguh on everything, and this is not at all what the system was originally designed to do.
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