Question: the places with the biggest keris collections

Dajak · 16th March 2006, 05:05 PM

There are Collectors in the Netherlands that have bigger collections than
Museums have and better quality .

We have been a very long time overthere .

And a lot off Indonesian people are living overhere .

Henk · 16th March 2006, 08:22 PM

Dajak is completely right. But a private collection is a private collection. When you're lucky and invited to visit a collector and take a look at his collection you can handle the most beautiful keris. Such a collection is mostly better preserved than the collections of the dutch musea. But the dutch musea also have good and large collections.

Tim Simmons · 16th March 2006, 09:12 PM

The Dutch, Royal Tropical Institute, is well worth a visit not so much for Kriss, but it has some of the most fantastic shaman staffs from the Philippines on display, well it did the last time I was there. Tim

wolviex · 17th March 2006, 12:49 PM

Thank you very much for your replies. The Netherlands are confirmed. What about USA, there seems to be a lot of private collectors these days?

Don't know if there is a need of museum list with keris collections. Maybe we should try to make one anyway. I will start with Poland then:

Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku (Museum of Asia and Pacific) in Warsaw - around 450 weapons and many krises
Muzeum Etnograficzne (Ethnographic Museum) in Krakow - ca. 100 krises

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16th March 2006, 05:05 PM	#1
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	There are Collectors in the Netherlands that have bigger collections than Museums have and better quality . We have been a very long time overthere . And a lot off Indonesian people are living overhere .

16th March 2006, 08:22 PM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Dajak is completely right. But a private collection is a private collection. When you're lucky and invited to visit a collector and take a look at his collection you can handle the most beautiful keris. Such a collection is mostly better preserved than the collections of the dutch musea. But the dutch musea also have good and large collections.

16th March 2006, 09:12 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,856	The Dutch, Royal Tropical Institute, is well worth a visit not so much for Kriss, but it has some of the most fantastic shaman staffs from the Philippines on display, well it did the last time I was there. Tim

17th March 2006, 12:49 PM	#4
wolviex Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 418	Thank you very much for your replies. The Netherlands are confirmed. What about USA, there seems to be a lot of private collectors these days? Don't know if there is a need of museum list with keris collections. Maybe we should try to make one anyway. I will start with Poland then: Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku (Museum of Asia and Pacific) in Warsaw - around 450 weapons and many krises Muzeum Etnograficzne (Ethnographic Museum) in Krakow - ca. 100 krises