Grandfather's Kris...

David · 1st September 2007, 03:26 PM

Well, the dress is fancy and valuable, being of ivory and gold, but i am afraid the blade leaves me a bit cold. It certainly isn't a traditional keris. Does anyone know the purpose of such a thing?
Antonio, the hilt is known a Jawa Deman, literally the "feverish Jawanese" and is a stylised image of a figure bent forward with his arm across his belly as if ill. It is a common style of keris hilt, especially from the Peninsula area, though i haven't seen one that uses this exact design before. This one seems even more geometric and less organic than the ones i have seen.

1st September 2007, 03:26 PM	#6
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	Well, the dress is fancy and valuable, being of ivory and gold, but i am afraid the blade leaves me a bit cold. It certainly isn't a traditional keris. Does anyone know the purpose of such a thing? Antonio, the hilt is known a Jawa Deman, literally the "feverish Jawanese" and is a stylised image of a figure bent forward with his arm across his belly as if ill. It is a common style of keris hilt, especially from the Peninsula area, though i haven't seen one that uses this exact design before. This one seems even more geometric and less organic than the ones i have seen.