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Rick · 2nd April 2019, 09:55 PM

That's a root burl isn't it Alan?
For a moment I thought it might have been Black coral.
I wonder if it was originally carved at the base to fit a cup-like mendak as David's example has.
I haven't seen that particular pendok motif before; it also is very nice.
The wrongko looks like it may have been re-carved a bit at some point.

The dress has some age to it, looks like.
Could you take a guess at the age of the keris?

2nd April 2019, 09:55 PM	#9
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	That's a root burl isn't it Alan? For a moment I thought it might have been Black coral. I wonder if it was originally carved at the base to fit a cup-like mendak as David's example has. I haven't seen that particular pendok motif before; it also is very nice. The wrongko looks like it may have been re-carved a bit at some point. The dress has some age to it, looks like. Could you take a guess at the age of the keris?