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Some time ago this keris was sold on e-bay. I am curious what you think about. I have no clue from where exactly this unusual keris. Here the pictures from the seller.
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Interesting, to my untrained (and ignorant) eye, the scabbard reminds me of something Patani, peninsular Malay, and the selut looks Bugis. Was this a mix of influences or parts? What am I missing?
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I get a Sumatran impression from the blade itself ; an observation only FWIW .
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the blade is called "charita", said to be from Pattani / northern Peninsula. The sheath looks like coteng, also from Southern Thailand / Singgora area....
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It's a coteng keris body with a jawa demam hilt.
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![]() ![]() The whole keris seems very nice (and old) in all components Congraturation ![]() ![]() |
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Hello Marco, unfortunately I am not the happy winner of the auction! ![]() ![]() |
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Thank you Penangsang and Kai Wee for decree the origin of this very nice keris.
Someone have a clue what happened with the sheat? Is it an old repair? |
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I don't think its a repair.
I have seen a lot of Sumatran scabbards made in this way, mostly rencong scabbards. |
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One of the quirks we observed to coteng sheaths is that the sheath is often of two-piece construction, and the split is strangely right in the middle of the sheath, sometimes, right through the sampir. Why it is done like that is anybody's guess...
This one is a bit strange, the 'split starts from one part of the batang only. |
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It is indeed a mismatch. Hilt is Jawa Demam form (pattani's region) and it's made from hardwood - kenaung, pendokok was a bugis form. Blade is a pattani's carita. The sheath was made with 1 piece of wood. It was cut due to the rust / gung build up inside the batang end that hinder the blade to be housed out, suspect it was cut to release the blade.
Original coteng hilt was removed - suspect a coteng of a silver media removed for previous owner collection. Sheath was belief to be made from sena wood. |
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Rentjong scabbards are often made this way. I think the scabbard is constructed this way and not a repair. Nice scabbard by the way. |
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![]() I've seen these mostly on Riau examples, where the joints are exactly at the centre, from the start of the batang, all the way to the end-piece. |
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