Help with Keris ID?

Bill · 9th June 2005, 05:31 PM

If I were to guess, the hilt looks to be 20thC; because of the brass work, shape & condition. The "spacer" (quite a mystry why it is even here) if leather, I don't know; if its really hemp & pitch, my guess would be that it was re-hilted in Mindanao. My knowledge of the keris is very little. The bawah, (this form) I assume by most of what I have seen posted is always suppose to be an elephant head. I wonder if this is true. When the Portuguese arrive in Celebes, it is noted all the men carry a keris. Anyone have any idea of what one of these keris would look like? 14", the dapor, the bawah, & nickle content; could this be 16 or 17thC Bugis?

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9th June 2005, 05:31 PM	#16
Bill Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago area Posts: 327	If I were to guess, the hilt looks to be 20thC; because of the brass work, shape & condition. The "spacer" (quite a mystry why it is even here) if leather, I don't know; if its really hemp & pitch, my guess would be that it was re-hilted in Mindanao. My knowledge of the keris is very little. The bawah, (this form) I assume by most of what I have seen posted is always suppose to be an elephant head. I wonder if this is true. When the Portuguese arrive in Celebes, it is noted all the men carry a keris. Anyone have any idea of what one of these keris would look like? 14", the dapor, the bawah, & nickle content; could this be 16 or 17thC Bugis?