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I have an old Madura keris hilt in ivory that appears to have once had a cabachon inlayed to the centre of the stylised sun motif on its back.
The size would have been just a fraction under 8mm x 5mm and flat backed. My questions are; 1/ Would this have been a stone or something else? 2/ If a stone, what type would it be? 3/ If it wasn't a stone, what would it be? The recess retains old black pitch. Thanks Gavin |
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I know you must have thought about this by now,Gavin, but pictures wouldn't hurt the conversation.
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Indeed David but it is 0100hrs here in Australia and I write from work...a long way from my collections....It is the Donoriko type with a sun burst in the centre of its back.
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I can wait…
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Ta-da :-)
Nothing remarkable. |
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I reckon that's a sun spot.
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But not a melanoma....
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Gavin, it does indeed look like something once occupied this spot, but i'm not sure i could give any reliable answer to your question of exactly what it was. Very possibly a stone, but what type is a pretty open. I'm not sure i have ever seen a stone set into this type of hilt before so i have no precedent to draw from.
![]() It does look like someone my have chipped the ivory a bit digging the object out if that chip is a sign of that then it happened a little ways back. |
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It could have contained a sun with a face or eyes, that was chipped out because islam does not allow it.
Or a illustration of something in relation with the Dutch, destroyed by one that did not like to look at it any more. Both only speculations, but a possibility. |
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Thank you very much for these ponderous thoughts
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