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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th April 2025, 11:59 PM
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Views: 132,524
Posted By A. G. Maisey
This question seems to revolve around the idea of...

This question seems to revolve around the idea of "feeling" as it applies to a keris.

The way I was taught to understand this idea was that the feeling generated by a keris is similar to the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th April 2025, 05:22 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 142,903
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thank you Sid, yes, way off track. But...

Thank you Sid, yes, way off track.

But still, a nice piece.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th April 2025, 11:44 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 142,903
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I tried to find the auction listing & I could...

I tried to find the auction listing & I could not, however, the reported text that seems to have accompanied the listing does look to be somewhat confused.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th April 2025, 11:31 PM
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Views: 13,303
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The Cut Throat World ---

Couple of days back, I was doing a bit of auction site browsing, looking for a site that handles tribal stuff --- recently did a big cleanup & the result of that was it was decided for me that I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th April 2025, 11:29 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 42,914
Posted By A. G. Maisey
The Cut Throat World ---

Couple of days back, I was doing a bit of auction site browsing, looking for a site that handles tribal stuff --- recently did a big cleanup & the result of that was it was decided for me that I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 1st April 2025, 09:34 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Then we have Samuel Arbesman. A good friend...

Then we have Samuel Arbesman.

A good friend sent me this, this morning, pretty appropriate for keris related matters, I think.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th March 2025, 01:13 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I have not read this book of Hildred Geertz',...

I have not read this book of Hildred Geertz', Gustav, it is perhaps something that might interest me, but to be honest, I find that amongst academics who do publish on Bali, there can be quite wide...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th March 2025, 10:46 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Here is a pic of an ogoh-ogoh.

Here is a pic of an ogoh-ogoh.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 30th March 2025, 10:17 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Gustav, my comment in respect of age for Thomas'...

Gustav, my comment in respect of age for Thomas' silver dress was:-

"--- that did most definitely did originate in Bali during the late Colonial period, say 1890 to 1940.---" (the "that" is in...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th March 2025, 11:50 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Looks like I was too impatient. David,...

Looks like I was too impatient.

David, please get rid of this unnecessary post if you can. Thanks.



For some reason the hilt failed to transfer, here it is:-
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th March 2025, 11:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thank you for your compliment Gustav, however, my...

Thank you for your compliment Gustav, however, my comment should not be understood as an answer. Answers follow questions, & no question has been asked.

You have stated your opinion, I have stated...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th March 2025, 12:53 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
As you wish Gustav.

As you wish Gustav.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 29th March 2025, 12:26 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 34,817
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Gustav, with respect, I tend to disagree with you...

Gustav, with respect, I tend to disagree with you when you place dating of this Balinese dress into the period after WWI & before Japanese occupation of Bali.

I have seen, handled and owned...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 24th March 2025, 03:27 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 223,880
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Just a note on the names of these items. The...

Just a note on the names of these items.

The kettle at the beginning of this thread is in Javanese, a "ceret".

The word "ghendi" should be "gendhi", "gendhi" is a regional variation of "kendhi"...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2025, 09:06 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 14,526
Posted By A. G. Maisey
In my opinion Gustav is very probably right. ...

In my opinion Gustav is very probably right.

This hilt looks like the core of a silver or brass or mamas hilt & the material is as Gustav has noted, this material is called "jabung".

I would...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th March 2025, 04:03 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 142,903
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Maybe I got the behaviour I was comfortable with...

Maybe I got the behaviour I was comfortable with because there were no observers, just the housekeeper & myself. If anybody had been watching, things might have been different.

In a way, it can be...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th March 2025, 12:01 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I agree Gustav, the same. You have done a...

I agree Gustav, the same.

You have done a much better job than I did of producing reasonably readable images.

I would very much prefer to leave Karsten Jensen's opinions out of any discussion...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th March 2025, 09:06 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thanks Detlef, I have already done that, plus an...

Thanks Detlef, I have already done that, plus an attempt to improve through Photoshop, but the original pic is only 72X72dpi, it is simply not big enough nor good enough to let me see what I would...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th March 2025, 12:31 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Agreed, similar, but from what i am able to see...

Agreed, similar, but from what i am able to see in these tiny images, I simply cannot put Amuk's photo into the same box as the keris in your image, Gustav, nor the Jensen Banten images.

I read...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th March 2025, 09:02 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
To a degree I do agree with you Gustav, there are...

To a degree I do agree with you Gustav, there are elements of similarity in the greneng posted & in Jensen's photos of keris attributed to Banten, in fact, Jensen was the reference I looked at after...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th March 2025, 04:47 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes Ian, that's better than I was able to get, &...

Yes Ian, that's better than I was able to get, & that line of separation was one of the things i was looking for. However, I really would need a full length photo to have any chance of making any...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th March 2025, 04:40 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 142,903
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Not just foreigners Ian. Javanese, Balinese,...

Not just foreigners Ian.

Javanese, Balinese, & SE Asian societies in general are very hierarchically structured societies, how one speaks & is spoken to is very largely dependent upon the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th March 2025, 03:28 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Could I request a clarification of what you mean...

Could I request a clarification of what you mean by "some extent"?

Reason being, that when I could not place this greneng from my own memory, I then spent quite a bit of time trying to find a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th March 2025, 02:07 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 104,889
Posted By A. G. Maisey
This greneng does not fit within the major...

This greneng does not fit within the major recognised Javanese greneng forms of any period.

It is very probably the work of a maker who was not influenced by a major keris classification.

It...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th March 2025, 09:22 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 142,903
Posted By A. G. Maisey
I cannot give an answer to this question, at...

I cannot give an answer to this question, at least, not one that I can defend.

Firstly, with things Balinese I'm very much a learner, this is to say that I know more now than I did 20 years ago,...
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