How old is pamor

drdavid · 22nd July 2008, 10:55 AM

I would like to pose a couple of questions about pamor.
It very likely that I simply have not read enough yet and that the development path of pamor is well known but I have not come across anything much on the topic. I apologise if I am treading old ground.

Is it possible that pamor originated somewhat incidentally, with the mixing of different materials as the keris smiths were experimenting with metallurgy and then progressed to a distinct art form in some regions of keris manufacture.

Do the historical collections or records give any indication of when the manipulation of pamor beyond the simpler form like beras wutah became commonplace?

drdavid

22nd July 2008, 10:55 AM	#1
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	How old is pamor I would like to pose a couple of questions about pamor. It very likely that I simply have not read enough yet and that the development path of pamor is well known but I have not come across anything much on the topic. I apologise if I am treading old ground. Is it possible that pamor originated somewhat incidentally, with the mixing of different materials as the keris smiths were experimenting with metallurgy and then progressed to a distinct art form in some regions of keris manufacture. Do the historical collections or records give any indication of when the manipulation of pamor beyond the simpler form like beras wutah became commonplace? drdavid