Bali Hulu / Ukiran / Hilt

[Pendita65]

Hi All,

due to the hollidays here in Holland i am less active on the forum, and just look every few days whats new.

I recently acquired some Hulu and they are from Bali / Lombok they came from an old collection that was brought together in the forties and have been in a storage since 1951 when the family returned to Holland from Indonesia after the war of independence.

the top one: cecekahan or cekah redut / Danganan / Bebondolan
middle one: Loceng / lelocengan rambut wood wrapped with hair
bottom one: Does this one qualifies to the Cecekahan family or does it have
another name. I could not find a similar one in my books or on
the internet.

So i hope to find more info by the experts here on the forum.

Regards, Martin

[A. G. Maisey]

Bottom is cekah redut, top example is bebondolan, middle is loncengan.

The word "danganan" means the hilt of a keris. I think it can also mean the handle of an umbrella or handle of some other long large thing, like perhaps a walking stick.

EDIT
Sorry, I shot too quickly, I took a glance at the pics and the text, then i wrote, what I wrote was wrong, my quick glance gave me a memory of a bebondolan I missed the cuts, that top hilt will probably have a total of eleven cuts, so that makes it cekah solas. "solas" = "eleven", "cekah" = "thick slice".

[Pendita65]

Thank you Mr. Maisey.


Much appreciated


Regards, Martin