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25th June 2011, 06:06 PM
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BANJARMASIN KERIS, unfortunately not mine
Unfortunately I was not able to purchase this one.
But after a few weeks I sort of grew over the dissapointment and now want to share the pictures to enjoy  ,for reference and discussion  It was offered as a restoration project. Funny enough a lot of buyers suggested to the seller that the pendok could not be the original as it should have been more decorated/embellished  Note the wrangka's decoration on floral motif on both sides. Best regards, Willem |
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25th June 2011, 07:09 PM
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Wow - that's a horn wranga. Is this a type of rhino horn?
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25th June 2011, 07:12 PM
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 ukiran and top-sarong seem very very nice
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25th June 2011, 07:19 PM
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Hi Willem,
thank's for sharing. very nice sampir. I think from "white buffalo" horn. Can we see the blade as well? Regards, Detlef |
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25th June 2011, 09:40 PM
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I think the wrangka is Buffalohorn.
Not as special as rhino, but still quite a large peice of buffalohorn. It must have accounted for certain status. Here some more pictures. The blade is not cleaned and not photographed in a good way. But it gives an impression. |
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25th June 2011, 10:02 PM
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Hello Willem,
The sheath crosspiece made from carved horn is very nice indeed but besides the hilt, what makes it a Banjarmasin kris? Best regards Jean |
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26th June 2011, 02:15 AM
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There is not very much information around, but as far as I know the blades are always import blades. So there is not a "Banjarmasin" style of blades. So I call it Banjarmasin when the hilt is banjarmasin. From pictures in other threads I found that often the wrangka is quite simple and sometimes almost symetric in design. Further, the examples I found with pendok's all have very simple brass plain pendoks. This wrangka has a floral decoration something which is found more often in the Banjarmasin area due to muslim influence. It is also known from Negara weapons. such as parang nabur;s and the scarce negara mandau's. If someone has more and/or different info on this I would surely like to hear it. Best regards, Willem |
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