Orientation of the grip of this keris

A. G. Maisey · 19th November 2008, 07:43 PM

I do not know.

I had never heard of a "chieftain's keris" before I started to read posts to this forum.

Its an English language name, so I just don't know what it means.

I also do not know what a "chieftain" is in the cultural context of the people who would have originally generated these keris.

I strongly suspect it is a Singapore or Malaysian collector classification, rather than a cultural classification.

Perhaps one of our brothers from that area could enlighten us as to origin and meaning of the term?

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19th November 2008, 07:43 PM	#11
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,013	I do not know. I had never heard of a "chieftain's keris" before I started to read posts to this forum. Its an English language name, so I just don't know what it means. I also do not know what a "chieftain" is in the cultural context of the people who would have originally generated these keris. I strongly suspect it is a Singapore or Malaysian collector classification, rather than a cultural classification. Perhaps one of our brothers from that area could enlighten us as to origin and meaning of the term?