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Old 5th February 2013, 11:15 AM   #1
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Hello Moshah,

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I've seen one over the net with the same silver stripes on the back of the edge. As long as it was not a reworked strips, I guess it could well be a ceremonial piece too...
Those marks are quite commonly found on blades throughout the archipelago and are usually implicated as talismanic.

From what I can glean from your pics, the silverwork seems to be ok. The next step for me would be to mine online museum resources and compare the decoration style of your piece in detail with those examples.

Please keep us posted whatever you come up with!

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Old 5th February 2013, 01:16 PM   #2
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That should ease my prejudice over the silverworks, Kai. I've only been to Sumatra once (Medan that is - perhaps 15 years ago) and know next to nothing about their "antique upgrades" industry. Based on your info, I think it is alerting and extra careful is needed from now on...

I have been browsing over the net these few days, but then again I found out that this piece and other kelewangs were not exactly of the same type. Perhaps in Zoonevelt's book it stated "south Sumatra" or perhaps in some other sites, but I really need to narrow down its demographic so that I can start researching a specific roots from which this piece was coming from.

On the other hand, I would also like to know more on how did this Sumatran kelewang could end up in Perak, Malaysia. Historically the ties between the Perak's Sultanate (off Malacca's Sultanate) and the Sumatra was really intertwined, so the possibilities was there.

I'm going to start interrogate the dealer soon...
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