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Danny, I think it looks like Marine Ivory .
Note the interesting 'swirls' near the base in your first and second pictures I would not stake my life on it though !! ![]() |
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Also i think it's marine ivory
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Hi Danny,
Sure its marine ivory, most of madura ukiran are and it shows clouds so its marine. This one is from before 1825. Got it from Peter? Regards Michel, amsterdam |
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hallo
danny nice hilt ,but no ivory what is nice to i have allmost the same hilt on a keris given to me in indonesia in 1970 simlar but not the same ,mine one is bone greet jan ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() The question that is more difficult, at least for me, is what type of ivory is it. I also lean toward marine ivory. |
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Hi Michel,
Yes it,s from peter. But pleas explain why you think its from before 1825 ? And has some one a hilt with the same figure ? I do only know the ones with the horse , crown , epaulets etc... Danny |
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The structure and color makes me think of a hilt I have.
See this old thread : http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=raja+abala Quote:
There are quite a lot of sea mamals that can provide teeth that are workable : Sperm whale ? orca/killerwhale ? seacow/dujong ? Walrus ? Narwal ? Last edited by asomotif; 19th December 2009 at 10:51 PM. |
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At first Happy new year to all, hope it wilo be a good and healty yeah for all and their family and loved ones. My opinion of this hilt being older than 1825 is because of that there are no indicators of the dutch. No epaulets, dutch knight ord or flying horse. 1825 is the year of start of Jawa war. Lot of soldiers that fought in this war on jawa were Dutch, but since the dutch needed more lot of Madura soldiers helped the dutch in this war. afther this date, madura hilt got dutch indicators. Regards Michel |
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