Another Keris

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by Will M

The sheath compliments the blade very well.
Actually it's hard to stop looking at this blade, appears ageless.
Reminds me of a sliver from an ancient rock formation, almost as if the centre of it once flowed out the top.

YES!

Art is ageless and keeps changing. Every time I look at something like this it is different and a new aspect is presented.

When I acquire something, it can be that it has one thing that I like, yet the more I study it, keep it beside me (on the breakfast table?) the more it opens up with new interesting facets. What is this object? Wood and metal and something more??

Sometimes it seems that something -someone- is looking back at me. A man?

In the beginning I try -no, I DO- look at pieces like this without thinking about the pamor, dapor, etc. But once it has made an impression, I want to know more. What does the pamor tell us? What was the person like who commissioned this keris? Student? Military? Farmer?