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Hi,
just won my very first Keris seems to have a clearly etched pamor, the Ganja appears separate. The carving looks quite nice, both on the handle and scabbard. The seller describes it having 'jewels', I suspect, that likely (hopefully) semi precious stones. The only pictures I have are the sellers. So, please, Gentlemen, all comments / information gratefully received....thank you ![]() Regards David Last edited by katana; 11th August 2008 at 06:38 PM. |
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Hi Katana, congratulations on your first keris!! I bid on that one too
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Yes, it is tourist dress, but not a bad example.
I think you'll find that the blade has a gonjo. I looked this up on UK ebay. For what you paid, you did well. However, I think that you will find that the "jewels" are plastic---if you're real lucky they might be glass. |
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You know, theoretically plastic jewels are just fine in Bali art work. All the texts tell us that in Bali art the important thing is the final effect,not the value of the materials used to achieve that effect, this is the reason that you will not infrequently find diamonds and rubies mixed up with glass in court pieces.
So, if you need to use a bit of plastic to achieve that final effect, does it matter? My guess is that it does not matter to the Balinese, although we might find it a bit off-putting. But they don't really have to please us bules, do they? |
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Thank you very much for all your replies
![]() Sorry lemmythesmith for 'pipping you at the post' It was the blade's obvious pamor and the nicely carved hilt that attracted me. I wanted at least one to add to my collection. (mind you, I said that when I obtained a Dha ...and now I have two ![]() Should I be alittle disappointed that this is in 'tourist dress' ? Hopefully, the jewels are not 'semi-precious' plastic ![]() ![]() When I receive it I will post better pictures and discription. Kind Regards David |
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