small Rencong

kai · 10th December 2016, 07:01 PM

Hello Marius,

This is a really sweet one!

I'm sure it was meant as a souvenir or gift - however, it is of much better quality than the silver miniatures of Indo weapons commonly found in the Netherlands which are often not perfectly true to the type.

The motifs are very close to original and the general shape is closer to antique rencong (except for the somewhat broader blade) than most "real" rencong from the 20th century. Thus, I'd guess that this is an early quality example made in Aceh rather than Yogya...

Regards,
Kai

10th December 2016, 07:01 PM	#4
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Marius, This is a really sweet one! I'm sure it was meant as a souvenir or gift - however, it is of much better quality than the silver miniatures of Indo weapons commonly found in the Netherlands which are often not perfectly true to the type. The motifs are very close to original and the general shape is closer to antique rencong (except for the somewhat broader blade) than most "real" rencong from the 20th century. Thus, I'd guess that this is an early quality example made in Aceh rather than Yogya... Regards, Kai