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30th October 2024, 04:47 PM | #1 |
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this appears to be a Maduran kris, Tilam Upih, at least the blade and hilt may be from Madura or thereabouts, the selut , a modern addition in my opinion, appears to be in a Sumatran style as it is used on some Palembang kris. Personally I would replace it although it appears to be fitting well the hilt (probably made of bone)
The pamor should be Adeg Rambut. |
31st October 2024, 12:10 PM | #5 |
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I like this keris, but it does have some elements that perhaps deserve
comment. The hilt is a fairly conventional donoriko, & as Milandro has commented, the selut & mendak are recent. Together this selut & mendak do have a South Sumatera profile, but unlike the South Sumatera selut that has a similar profile, the profile in this keris is created by combination of two components, not as a single unit. Personally, I'd leave it exactly as is. The addition is totally within culture, and was probably added because of deterioration of the base of the old hilt. I do not see any indicators that might suggest a Madura blade. The pawakan of the old blade has been altered by some rather severe edge maintenance, in the process the protrusion of the core has been reduced, or perhaps lost and along with it much of the tikel alis has been lost. Even so, the angle of the gandhik is insufficient to mark this blade as Madura. Additionally, the shortness of the profile of the sirah cecak seems to indicate that we might be looking at a North Coast blade. The pamor can be given several names, in Madura & East Jawa "Pamor Singkir" might be preferred, in Solo it would most likely be given as "Pamor Adeg Sapu". It cannot be given as "Pamor Rambut" because it does not have the required breaks in the lines of pamor that differentiate this pamor from Pamor Adeg. However, the designation of Pamor Rambut can also be used as generic term much as we use mlumah & miring, so we could say it is a pamor rambut, Adeg Sapu. The wrongko is most likely East Javanese, rather than Madura --- although Madura is a part of East Jawa. All in all its a pretty nice keris, old blade, old hilt, old wrongko and comprised of decent components. The keris of East Jawa & North Jawa are not really subject to the same restrictions on dress codes that the keris of Central Jawa are, & this must be born in mind when forming an opinion on whether a keris is appropriately dressed or not. It is always a good idea to pause & ask ourselves who owns the culture. |
31st October 2024, 12:14 PM | #6 |
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I forgot the picture.
I've taken the liberty of altering the blade orientation to make it easier to read, as we can see, it would be quite difficult to convince anybody that this blade displays Madura characteristics. |
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