Java or Bali pedang?
 

I just won the pedang in the pictures, it's described as pedang from Java, after 1900, 68 cm long inside scabbard, blade 53 cm. Handle should be from wood but I guess that it's horn.

I doubt that it's Javanese and think that it's Balinese but like always I can be completely wrong. ;) What do you think?

Congrats! I don't have an answer for you, but I like this colorful pedang and was watching that lot for a while. :)

IMVHO balinese.

I agree with Balinese, though the blade throws me a little.

Thank you all for your comments! :cool:

Well, it doesn't look Javanese to my eye, but i'm not sure i'm seeing this as Balinese either. For one thing i'm not sure i have ever seen a bird represented on a Balinese hilt. Are there any other possible origins for this. Maybe Lombok?

Thank you David! Lombok could be another possibility. I am very unsure. ;)

Regards,
Detlef

Hello Detlef,
I believe it is from Lombok. I have a Lombok Pedang with similar scabbard discussed earlier here:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pedang

Hello Tatyana,

Thank you very much! I forgot about your nice Lombok pedang, yes, the carvings and paintings look very similar. So it seems that David was correct in his assumption.

Regards,
Detlef

Hi Detlef!

Congrats with this interesting find. Interesting piece, showing age!

Colourful piece for sure.

Kind regards,
Maurice

Thank you Maurice! :cool:

Best regards,
Detlef