Bali Wedding Keris?

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

The handle should represent Durga IMHO. The blade seems bad scattered.

I would thing this hilt more likely was meant to represent Rangda or Calon Arang, who have associations with Durga, not necessarily Durga herself.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

I would thing this hilt more likely was meant to represent Rangda or Calon Arang, who have associations with Durga, not necessarily Durga herself.

Hello David,

you are correct, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangda and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga

Regards,
Detlef