Encounters of the Third Kind

A. G. Maisey · 3rd December 2010, 01:03 AM

OK, everybody did pretty good with the Jamberooni hilt.

Here's another little mystery.

I've always thought this one was from somewhere around Alpha Centauri.

Anybody got any other ideas on origin?

David · 3rd December 2010, 02:59 PM

I'm surprised no one has responded to this post yet. I certainly don't have an answer for you Alan, but i do like this little fella quite a lot. Love the face, the eyes...definitely something alien about them...

Gavin Nugent · 3rd December 2010, 04:20 PM

No idea here either but I'd say the answer to origins is not so much in the figure to start with but more perhaps in the floral triangular motif to the base...

Gav

Jean · 3rd December 2010, 05:53 PM

OK, I venture on the opinion that this piece comes from Lombok and that it is not a kris hilt but used for a dagger or a betel nut crusher. I would not swear that I am correct of course!
Best regards
Jean

David · 3rd December 2010, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jean

OK, I venture on the opinion that this piece comes from Lombok and that it is not a kris hilt but used for a dagger or a betel nut crusher. I would not swear that I am correct of course!
Best regards
Jean

Personally i wouldn't commit so far as to even call it an opinion, but i had similar thought guesses as well Jean...

A. G. Maisey · 3rd December 2010, 08:53 PM

Thank you gentlemen.

I'm virtually certain that it is not a pelecok handle:- too big, the hole fits a keris tang well, is too big for a pelecok, it came off a keris that came into Oz a long time ago. Regrettably I do not remember what sort of keris it came off, it was one I bought maybe +50 years ago that needed a lot of work on it, and at that time I was not interested in the same things with keris as I am now.

So --- where have we seen that triangular floral motif before?

Any more suggestions?

3rd December 2010, 01:03 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,897	Encounters of the Third Kind OK, everybody did pretty good with the Jamberooni hilt. Here's another little mystery. I've always thought this one was from somewhere around Alpha Centauri. Anybody got any other ideas on origin? Attached Images

3rd December 2010, 04:20 PM	#3
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	No help here No idea here either but I'd say the answer to origins is not so much in the figure to start with but more perhaps in the floral triangular motif to the base... Gav

3rd December 2010, 05:53 PM	#4
Jean Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,740	Mysterious hilt OK, I venture on the opinion that this piece comes from Lombok and that it is not a kris hilt but used for a dagger or a betel nut crusher. I would not swear that I am correct of course! Best regards Jean

3rd December 2010, 02:59 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,127	I'm surprised no one has responded to this post yet. I certainly don't have an answer for you Alan, but i do like this little fella quite a lot. Love the face, the eyes...definitely something alien about them...

3rd December 2010, 08:53 PM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,897	Thank you gentlemen. I'm virtually certain that it is not a pelecok handle:- too big, the hole fits a keris tang well, is too big for a pelecok, it came off a keris that came into Oz a long time ago. Regrettably I do not remember what sort of keris it came off, it was one I bought maybe +50 years ago that needed a lot of work on it, and at that time I was not interested in the same things with keris as I am now. So --- where have we seen that triangular floral motif before? Any more suggestions?