minangkabau keris for comment

tunggulametung · 6th December 2008, 03:52 AM

Hi ronpakis,
It is indeed looks like a nice Minang piece to me. Pendok might be repaired/replaced.
I don't know if is it normal to have (horsetail) hair on the batang, but might be once intended to fill the gap between batang and pendok to fit (?)
A light "collection maintenance" cleaning is needed if you ask me and a replaced pendok if you can find one (this might be very difficult, but who knows).

6th December 2008, 03:52 AM	#3
tunggulametung Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 238	Hi ronpakis, It is indeed looks like a nice Minang piece to me. Pendok might be repaired/replaced. I don't know if is it normal to have (horsetail) hair on the batang, but might be once intended to fill the gap between batang and pendok to fit (?) A light "collection maintenance" cleaning is needed if you ask me and a replaced pendok if you can find one (this might be very difficult, but who knows).