Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Is it a keris handle and when yes from where?

Sajen · 20th June 2023, 08:04 PM

This (sea?)ivory handle is from the collection of a well known collector in Germany. It's IMHO a very nice and unusual handle but is it indeed a keris handle? A comparable handle is shown in Bob Hales book, page 138, pic. 328.
He writes that this is a keris handle from Sumbawa, Bima and that only two handles of this type are known!

Anyway, would you agree with the origin? Approx.: 7 cm high.

20th June 2023, 08:04 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,125	Is it a keris handle and when yes from where? This (sea?)ivory handle is from the collection of a well known collector in Germany. It's IMHO a very nice and unusual handle but is it indeed a keris handle? A comparable handle is shown in Bob Hales book, page 138, pic. 328. He writes that this is a keris handle from Sumbawa, Bima and that only two handles of this type are known! Anyway, would you agree with the origin? Approx.: 7 cm high. Attached Images