New member / Javanese Iconography Book

Bjorn · 13th January 2013, 09:01 PM

Hello everyone, I am a new member of the warung. I have only just started collecting keris and thus I expect I will not have much to contribute to the forum for some time (apart from questions maybe!). I hope to learn a lot from the people here (as I have indeed already done quite a bit by reading old posts) and hope to be able to contribute in some ways as well.

A few weeks back I finally came across a keris that strongly appealed to me. I have been looking on and off for one I like for quite some time so I am quite happy to have finally found one. In fact, I liked it so much I started to search for more information on keris, which brought me to the Warung Kopi. My collection has nearly reached 6 keris, and taking into account financial considerations it will probably stay at this number for a while. Nevertheless, until I can acquire more keris I want to increase my knowledge about them and how they relate, and related, to the societies of modern and historical Indonesian cultures.

To start with I would like to learn more about the iconography and symbolism of Java during its Hindu-Buddhist era. Can anyone advise good books on this subject?

13th January 2013, 09:01 PM	#1
Bjorn Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188	New member / Javanese Iconography Book Hello everyone, I am a new member of the warung. I have only just started collecting keris and thus I expect I will not have much to contribute to the forum for some time (apart from questions maybe!). I hope to learn a lot from the people here (as I have indeed already done quite a bit by reading old posts) and hope to be able to contribute in some ways as well. A few weeks back I finally came across a keris that strongly appealed to me. I have been looking on and off for one I like for quite some time so I am quite happy to have finally found one. In fact, I liked it so much I started to search for more information on keris, which brought me to the Warung Kopi. My collection has nearly reached 6 keris, and taking into account financial considerations it will probably stay at this number for a while. Nevertheless, until I can acquire more keris I want to increase my knowledge about them and how they relate, and related, to the societies of modern and historical Indonesian cultures. To start with I would like to learn more about the iconography and symbolism of Java during its Hindu-Buddhist era. Can anyone advise good books on this subject?