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26th April 2022, 05:09 PM | #1 |
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Detelf's examples in post #8, the second one from the right also
David you probably refer to the THIRD one from the right. (the photo normally does not show entirely all the hilts) |
26th April 2022, 08:06 PM | #2 |
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26th April 2022, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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David, I've posted a pic 20 odd hilts.
Some have the full bulbous base (bungkul), some do not, these "do not" ones have that base similar to yours. I don't know why, but my feeling is that it is stylistic variation, possibly dictated by available material, possibly because of a need to match proportion to a wrongko. Or it could be because of damage to the base, but I don't think so. There are too many of these truncated base hilts floating around. Yes, a lot of the truncated base ones have a fairly indistinct bungkul & it has been carved, also I have a few smaller ones that are on keris that do not have the bungkul. I lean to stylistic variation. |
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