Thread: A Tombak For ID
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Old 20th July 2024, 04:01 AM   #2
A. G. Maisey
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If we were to remove that fluted addition to the metuk we would have something very close to a Pajajaran/North Coast Jawa metuk, and the body of the blade could pass for Surakarta, but I do not think this is a Jawa tombak, the motif on the brongsong is a lung-lungan style, but not Central Jawa, the shaft tapering to a small diameter butt & lacking a tunjung does not look Javanese.

I have no firm opinion on origin.
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