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Originally Posted by Battara
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Very nice. I thought these hilts were Balinese, not Lombok.  |
As Jean points out, the line is sometimes thin between what is Bali and what is Lombok as Bali controlled much of Lombok for sometime and greatly influenced the keris found there. I would not be surprised to find one of these gerantiman hilts on a completely Bali ensemble, but often enough they seem to be associated specifically with Lombok keris.
It is nice to see such good craftsmanship still being applied to this hilt form in the current era.
