A composed Malay keris; is it matching?

Sajen · 4th October 2010, 01:32 PM

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

4th October 2010, 01:32 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,730	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 Attached Images Last edited by Sajen; 4th October 2010 at 05:06 PM.