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Hello everyone, this is my new addition to my collection.
It is clearly a keris from Sumatra, but I am not sure of its origin. The blade and the scabbard remind me of the Minangkabau keris but the handle is closer to the Gayo style. The length of the blade is 29.5cm long and is very thick. The handle is made of marine ivory, the pendokok is made of suassa with low-grade gold and garnets?. The scabbard is made of wood covered with a silver repoussé in its upper part, and a weave between strips of silver and cords of buffalo? hair in the lower part. The buntut seems to be too sutra with a band of gold filigree. Sorry for the quality of the photos (it's dark when I come back from work), I'll try to do better. ![]() Last edited by Athanase; 15th February 2018 at 09:42 AM. |
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Hello Séverin,
Congrats, that's another nice one! Quote:
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![]() ![]() The buntut looks like a good fit. I wonder whether the band might be a repair? I've seen this motif from before WW2, I believe. I'd love to hear of any antique examples with reasonable provenance though! Quote:
Regards, Kai |
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For me, the gold band is original. The work seems typically Minang because it is identical to what is observed on Mingangkabau bracelets.
But it seems indeed that there has been a repair of the Buntut, the black spot that we see on one of the two faces seems to be a weld repair. For the stone, for me it lacks a touch of pink in the color for it to be ruby. The auction house said garnet, but it can also be spinel or glass because I do not know if they really check the stone. |
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Hello Séverin,
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I wasn't precise with my last comment: The motif and it's variants do seem to be genuine Minang; as you mention, they are found on antique Minang jewellery and will have been distributed fairly widely throughout the Minang expat communities. However, these are crafted from strong bands rather than thin wire - what I'm not aware though is the latter being utilized on fittings of early keris Minang. This may be a later development or indicating different levels of skill though - let me look for more examples... Quote:
As already mentioned, I don't think it doesn't matter much, anyway! Regards, Kai |
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