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Although I'm a member of this forum for 6 years now, this is my first time top post anything on this forum. This is a keris i bought resently.
I don't know much about it. My most iimportant question is: where does it come from? Regards, Karel |
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Welcome to the forum E-brain. It does not appear that you properly attached any photos of your keris. This thread might be helpful for you.
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Would love to see pictures of it!
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I hope (and pray) that the picture will appear this time.
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Hi Karel,
I can't be quite sure where this originates from, partly because this this is an unknown dress form to me, but i would suspect either Madura or Jawa. The dress is new and not a traditional form AFAIK. I also suspect that the blade is recent as well and artificially aged, given the over all even pitted erosion of the metal and the apparent edge shapeless that remains where one would expect to find wear if it were truly old. Over all i like the blade and find the odd sheath interesting, but i am not particularly fond of the poorly carved hilt or the very cheap mendak that is in place. Last edited by David; 30th December 2016 at 06:09 AM. |
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A similar kris from my collection, the blade has picit (thumb) marks and I am not sure about its age either...
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Gentlemen,
THanks for reacting. For as far as i know the blade is supposed to be a few centuries old. The hilt is old and the gandar is to. The waranka is supposed to be newly cut. This is what is told to me by the previous owner who is a highly regarded collector for almost 50 years. But he couldn't tell me where this keris is made. He suggested somewhere West Java. By the way, I replaced the 'carnaval-mendak' with a bronz cast one. Jean, It's always difficult to estimate the age of a blade, but I gues that yours isn't hundreds of years. But some age it has. It's not karamadikan (excyse me for my spellling) but little older i guess. |
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Could we see a photograph of the pesi of this blade E-Brain?
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Hello Karel,
I find these type of keris terribly difficult to evaluate - it's a bit like keris sajen where examining the metal becomes paramount (something that is next to impossible to do from even good pics). From looking at the pics only, I'd rather tend to see more wear at Jean's example (which doesn't necessarily translate into age, of course) and patina on the fittings. I don't know the provenance of your piece, but this would be perfectly preserved if it were antique and even early collected... Likewise, I don't see any signs of the gandar being old - it's certainly possible/likely to have been worked over when the wronko/gambar got replaced. Either way, it doesn't make much of a difference, I guess. The hilt is certainly an unusual combination and doesn't look that old to me, too. Despite its somewhat "tribal" feel, the figure seems to carry an arm in the right hand. In old hilts from Bali (associated with Rangda) this seems invariably carried left, doesn't? Also the arm has been separated from the indistinct carrying hand by making a cut with a saw (inadvertantly cutting into the hanging left arm, too); in really old hilts I'd expect such features to be carved, even when done under more "tribal" circumstances. If an pre-WW2 origin can be established by provenance, this hilt is certainly worthy to be kept for future research though! Regards, Kai |
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Gentlemen,
It took some time te respond. I'm not very handy, so i'm not very keen on dismantling a keris. (puting it all back together is not an easy task for me.) Knowing some fellow keris-collectors will visite me later on today made me take the opportunity because at least one of them will be willing and able to put it back together again. Old for me is at least 100 years. Regards, Karel |
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Current era, Aeng Tong-Tong
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If it quacks like a duck ---
I've handled a lot of ducks David. |
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Anyone noticed that the the carved female face awfully resembles Lady Liberty?
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Not really, but if it does it is probably intentional:- USA is a pretty big market.
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Probably so Jean.
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