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7th June 2018, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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Unknown keris blade, Solo or Madura?
Shown is a blade with Ngulit semangka (Nggajih) pamor and suppose this blade is from Madura. The dress looks more like a Solo sarong with good fitting.
Is this dapur Anoman? The carved winged Singa could be an additional carving of more recent age? Are there 2 sogokan or is this kind of a Naga body ? |
7th June 2018, 03:52 PM | #2 |
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Hi Paul. I can't tell for sure from your photos, but that does look like elongated sogokan to me. Like the "winged" carving i am not sure if they are original to the blade though.
As for the "winged" carving, this is also a bit difficult to make out in your photos. In hand this is probably much clearer, but i do see what you are perceiving as "wings". However, this would not be a Singo. If indeed i am interpreting this correctly it would seem more likely to represent a winged elephant. I have seen such representation on keris before and in fact have a blade with a much more obvious carving of a winged elephant in this position on the blade. |
7th June 2018, 06:15 PM | #3 |
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Yes my bad...I meant a winged and crowned elephant.
This pic shows the details more clear. |
7th June 2018, 07:13 PM | #4 |
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When taken together, couldn't the elongated sokogan and winged elephant be taken as a representation of paksi naga liman?
Liman = elephant, paksi = bird, and the long sokogan would symbolize the naga's body. As to whether the carving is recent or not, I wouldn't care to venture. Can I ask, why do you assume the wilah is from Madura? Personally, I still find it difficult to tell which blade is from where. What I know about Madura blades is that their gandhik tends to slope inward, and that they often have a wispy telale gajah. I have difficulty recognizing those traits in this particular blade. (But as I said, I am quite bad at that.) |
7th June 2018, 08:02 PM | #5 |
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Documented as a Solo kris but a more knowledgeable person assumed Madura as an origin. The clothes don't tell me so but that is not a definitive proof.
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8th June 2018, 03:56 AM | #6 |
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This blade is certainly not Solo, but Madura?
I just do not know. It might be, but if so, pretty recent --- it doesn't look recent, however even if we do allow recent Madura, there are more than a few things that are not consistent with that. I do not want to guess where it originated --- not from a pic anyway. |
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