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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2024, 05:42 AM
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Posted By adamb
And another close up

And another close up
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2024, 05:37 AM
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Posted By adamb
Here is a close-up of the relevant feature, RobT.

Here is a close-up of the relevant feature, RobT.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st November 2024, 11:40 PM
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Posted By adamb
Hi RobT yes sorry I forgot to follow that up....

Hi RobT yes sorry I forgot to follow that up. It’s difficult to tell, as the plaited hemp wrapping on the hilt comes down almost to the bottom of the blade, but it looks like there is a separate...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st November 2024, 10:17 PM
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Posted By adamb
Thanks David. Indeed if it can be demonstrated...

Thanks David. Indeed if it can be demonstrated that a keris of this particular style/type could not possibly have existed in the late 18th century or early 19th when Nelson was still alive then the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st November 2024, 07:32 PM
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Posted By adamb
Thanks for these observations and opinions on the...

Thanks for these observations and opinions on the label. The former owner's wife had an interesting theory: that William Bligh acquired the sword from (Dutch) Timor during his post-“mutiny on the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th November 2024, 11:17 PM
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Posted By adamb
Thank you, everyone, for your extremely valuable...

Thank you, everyone, for your extremely valuable observations.

To answer one of the above queries, yes, at some stage the scabbard was daubed, rather roughly, in yellow paint. The yellow paint, I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th November 2024, 01:48 AM
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Views: 15,080
Posted By adamb
Thank you Alan, for this insight. It strikes...

Thank you Alan, for this insight.

It strikes me that an apparent fault in the process of blade manufacture is interpreted as a hallmark of quality and esteem by present-day Bugis-Makasar people,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th November 2024, 01:39 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 17,466
Posted By adamb
Moro keris/kalis ID

Hi All,

I'm hoping someone can provide a little information on this keris/kalis; likely source of origin in the region, and approximate age? Both are of interest but especially the latter, as it...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th November 2024, 10:47 PM
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Views: 15,080
Posted By adamb
A feature of interest

Hello All,

I was in South Sulawesi recently with my Bugis-Makasar friends and acquaintances and talking a lot about keris (and badik) culture and lore and the technical features of kerises in...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th November 2024, 08:48 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 28,699
Posted By adamb
This is fascinating insight, thank you Gustav;...

This is fascinating insight, thank you Gustav; perhaps this would explain why another of my kerises - the subject of my first post - seems to have a tangguh tuban-pajajaran (according to Mr. Maisey)...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th November 2024, 12:05 AM
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Views: 28,699
Posted By adamb
Thank you Gustav; this is a very interesting...

Thank you Gustav; this is a very interesting observation. So if an older blade has been reworked/altered to introduce a new (or complementary) pamor pattern one of the telltale indicators would be a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th November 2024, 12:02 AM
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Posted By adamb
Thank you milandro.

Thank you milandro.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th November 2024, 11:26 AM
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Posted By adamb
I thought I’d chime in here, specifically...

I thought I’d chime in here, specifically regarding the above observation that the Bugis had frequent interactions with the Moro. Not an expert, but I note this illustration of a Moro kalis/keris...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 28th October 2024, 12:32 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,604
Posted By adamb
Thank you indeed Alan, this is wonderful and very...

Thank you indeed Alan, this is wonderful and very helpful.

With kind regards
Adam
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th October 2024, 05:30 AM
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Views: 11,604
Posted By adamb
Thank you Alan, understood (I think). This is...

Thank you Alan, understood (I think). This is clearly a complex subject.

How about the possible age of this keris of mine? Any insight at all?

many thanks
Adam
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th October 2024, 01:45 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,604
Posted By adamb
Thank you Alan, this is very insightful. For...

Thank you Alan, this is very insightful.

For what it is worth, this blade does seem rather similar in form - at least to my eye - to a Bugis keris illustrated in Matthes' 1874 Ethnographic Atlas...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th October 2024, 12:00 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 28,699
Posted By adamb
Thank you David, your insight, and advice, much...

Thank you David, your insight, and advice, much appreciated.

Best wishes
Adam
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 23rd October 2024, 04:38 AM
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Views: 28,699
Posted By adamb
Advice on another keris

Hello again,

I was gifted this keris when in Makassar. The person who gave it to me did not know much about it, other than that it was from Java or Bali and that the figural motif in the handle is...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 23rd October 2024, 04:16 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,604
Posted By adamb
A Bugis-Makasar keris

Hi All,

I'm a new member of this (fascinating) forum; thank you for having me.

Several weeks ago I picked up this keris (sapukala) in Makassar, but it came with no biographical information and...
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