Unusual figural hilt

mariusgmioc · 7th February 2020, 09:28 PM

Hello guys!

You probably know by now that I don't know almost anything about Indonesian krisses...
... but... I have seen many of them in the many museums I have visited in Indonesia and also in the collecteions of the few Indonesian dealers I have visited...
... but...
that definitely does NOT look like keris hilt!

One can fit almost anything to a keris, but does this make it a keris hilt?

Then what is a keris hilt:

1. something attached to a keris to serve as a hilt or...

2. something purposedly made to serve as a hilt for a keris?!

7th February 2020, 09:28 PM	#12
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,906	Hello guys! You probably know by now that I don't know almost anything about Indonesian krisses... ... but... I have seen many of them in the many museums I have visited in Indonesia and also in the collecteions of the few Indonesian dealers I have visited... ... but... that definitely does NOT look like keris hilt! One can fit almost anything to a keris, but does this make it a keris hilt? Then what is a keris hilt: 1. something attached to a keris to serve as a hilt or... 2. something purposedly made to serve as a hilt for a keris?!