NEW FORMS OF KERIS HILTS

[David]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

The example shown by David is one of these. This hilt that David has shown us is recently carved, however, I saw a number of hilts similar to this one --- maybe even the same -- in Malang with a very well known collector there, in the mid-1970's, well before the keris revival. These were old hilts.

This is nice to know. I had assumed it was a new form because i had never seen anything quite like it. Would love to see some images of old examples if such things were ever available.