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Old 14th March 2012, 03:18 PM   #1
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I got this clear horn keris hilt. From where ? and what kind of hilt ?
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Old 14th March 2012, 04:17 PM   #2
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hmmm....that is both cool and freaky.
Perhaps a "Lord of the Ring" Gollum hilt. "My Precious...."
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Old 14th March 2012, 06:26 PM   #3
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It's very worn by the use, but the face, more than Gollum, rembers to me the traditional Cirebon ancestor/raksasa/prince , not so hairs and body..... surely not Cirebon, may be Sumatra ..... a kind of Jawa Demam ? but hasn't the "shawl over the shoulder .....
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Old 14th March 2012, 06:54 PM   #4
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It's very worn by the use, but the face, more than Gollum, rembers to me the traditional Cirebon ancestor/raksasa/prince , not so hairs and body..... surely not Cirebon, may be Sumatra ..... a kind of Jawa Demam ? but hasn't the "shawl over the shoulder .....
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Paolo, i am not sure we can lump "ancestor/rakasa/prince" all into one category.
Certainly i think we can see some resemblance to the raksasa or buta hilt form, thought the hands in those seem to most generally grip or rest upon the knees.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=buta+hilts
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Old 14th March 2012, 08:06 PM   #5
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Very nice and interesting hilt! And a very rare material. My first thought when I see it was Sumatra. Is it possible to see a picture from the carving up from the head?

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Old 14th March 2012, 08:12 PM   #6
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Thank You David, very interesting thread. I'm really pragmatic; I wish catalogue all.... but i see that for Archipelago hilts, kerises and weapons is quite difficult.
I don't think to have a great hilt, but I got it for the clear horn ( it seems to me quite peculiar) and for the form it had ( IMO dued to extended use ).
I don't know why but I vote Sumatra
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Old 14th March 2012, 08:27 PM   #7
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Bad light, the pics are the best i could do.
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