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24th January 2019, 09:42 AM
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They may as well be little souvenirs. Attached photo is a pretty good example
of I'm referring to, if you can imagine it being about 10-15cm in length. |
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25th January 2019, 12:24 AM
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While i haven't usually seen them in wooden dress like that i am afraid that this is not a serious member of the keris family.
That said, you can take ANY object and imbue it with spiritual meaning and purpose if you have the will to. But i don't believe these are the kind of objects we really need to be talking about in this forum. 
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25th January 2019, 06:36 AM
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Keris-like objects indeed. Fair enough, David
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26th January 2019, 12:16 AM
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I think this Besi Kursani is more complex then brass.
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26th January 2019, 01:26 AM
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Interesting.
Though the most I can find about besi kersani is that it's probably a copper alloy of some sort but has some sort of relevance to some Islamic mystic beliefs. |
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26th January 2019, 11:02 AM
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I would not be surprised if some examples had a composition similar to Tibetan Thokcha because there is frequent suggestion that one major ingredient of besi kersani is meteorite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thokcha |
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