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Originally Posted by David
I'm not sure what in Detlef's link gave you that impression. IMO this horn figural hilt is indeed a keris hilt.
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Originally Posted by Sajen
Hi David,
I guess Chen goes with the ferrule! 
Regards,
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Originally Posted by David
Oh, my bad actually. I completely missed the small photo at the top of the page.
Frankly i'm not sure what that is a hilt for, but yes, the ferrule on that hilt would be unusual for a Balinese keris hilt.  |
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Post #229.
The small pic at top left:- not keris, could be pelecok, most likely a knife hilt.
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Thank you all. yes, the pelecok gives me hint.
The wooden figural hilt with strange back head was sold last month in a Chinese ancient coin auction. Nobody except me knew what it was. Even the seller just introduced it as a carved wood. I wanted to buy it, but someone told me it was not really old, but artificially aged. So I quit.