Gilded and painted Keris for viewing - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

5th February 2010, 06:10 PM

#37

Rick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gwirya

@Rick, maybe the empu was to old to make such detail in refining the blade ricikan artistically. even Pak Sukamdi now cannot make a keris as nice as he used to, as his hand trembles.

Referring to the keris:

Perhaps the Maker was not an empu; certainly not all are .

I think we should be careful how we apply that designation to makers of keris .

Last edited by Rick; 5th February 2010 at 07:22 PM.

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