4th October 2010, 02:32 PM | #1 |
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A composed Malay keris; is it matching?
Dear Members,
years ago I bought all this parts separately. Sheath and wilah in Germany at a weapon market, hilt in Indonesia and the pendokok in KL. By the sheath I am nearly sure that it is a Malay sheath, I think that the sampir is from Kettengga. The silver covers shows in my humble opinion typicical malay engraving. At the bottom is an arabic date, 1272 (?), so I think that the sheat is from 1855. The huge Bugis wilah is 35 cm (13,8 inch) long and have 7 luk. The big kerdas hilt is from very well patinated hippo ivory. The recent pendokok from silver was bought in KL. My question: is it a matching ensemble? And from which area of the Peninsula are the sheath? All comments are very appreciated, Detlef Last edited by Sajen; 4th October 2010 at 06:06 PM. |
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