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Seeking information for this wedding Bali Wedding Keris
am grateful for any information gruss chregu |
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What makes this a "wedding keris" per se? Do you have provenance to that effect?
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Last time I saw the description "wedding keris" was on a Czerny's auction and the hilt was silver and Balinese in the form of a rakshasa.
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Maybe somebody wore it at a wedding?
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Kai Wee, i think that you are probably correct. If you were busy high ranking nobility marrying you third concubine and couldn't be bothered showing up for your wedding this was probably something you could do. I do not believe that this was a general practice or one that just anybody could get away with. ![]() |
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good evening together
I've chewed the keris 3 years ago, the salesman told me that. I bought this keris in Switzerland. from one of really should know. Martin Kerner, he's book author, keris handles from the Malay Archipelago. I am not a specialist keris, almost everyone can tell me anything. smile. so I'm glad to be in this forum and to hear other opinions too. So, what think you know what kind of a keris? gruss chregu |
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Maybe it was sold as that?! |
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I once read that in the past, when a man was not able to attend his own wedding, the wife could marry with his keris as a personification/substitute of the man.
Is there any thruth in this story ? Ps. my wife would definately not agree to such a procedure ![]() |
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We've all heard this story, but never witnessed it in modern times...
![]() Anyhow, I'd imagine if this was ever done, it was probably some high status men taking a concubine, or designed to snub the in-laws. ![]() |
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