Bali/Lombok keris from ebay

A. G. Maisey · 16th July 2009, 11:51 PM

In my opinion, probably not.

There is very little information available on Bali keris. Perhaps the best, easily available text is "Keris di Lombok" by Ir.H. Lalu Djelenga, and that has a Lombok slant, although it seems that much of what is said in it can be also applied to Bali.

Going back about 25 years I put a lot of time into trying to get information on Balinese keris, but I had almost no success. Admittedly, I lacked the connections I had in Jawa, but I did have a relative who was married into one of the royal families, and through that connection I got a couple of introductions to people whom one would have thought would have had some knowledge, but regretably there was very little there.

I was at that time given a photocopy of an old text on keris, but I was never able to find anybody who could read it.

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16th July 2009, 11:51 PM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	In my opinion, probably not. There is very little information available on Bali keris. Perhaps the best, easily available text is "Keris di Lombok" by Ir.H. Lalu Djelenga, and that has a Lombok slant, although it seems that much of what is said in it can be also applied to Bali. Going back about 25 years I put a lot of time into trying to get information on Balinese keris, but I had almost no success. Admittedly, I lacked the connections I had in Jawa, but I did have a relative who was married into one of the royal families, and through that connection I got a couple of introductions to people whom one would have thought would have had some knowledge, but regretably there was very little there. I was at that time given a photocopy of an old text on keris, but I was never able to find anybody who could read it.