Archeological Finding

Athanase · 16th May 2017, 10:40 AM

The blade of my keris a typical bugis straight blade. All in this Keris is Bugis style, except the handle.
This keris comes from an old French collection, collected in the middle of the 20th century (or before?, I have no more information).

rasdan · 16th May 2017, 03:07 PM

Thanks Athanase. Your hilt surely looks like the one I posted. Guess this type is very widespread throughout the archipelago.

David · 16th May 2017, 03:40 PM

I would second Alan's suggestion that the hilt on Athanase's keris is probably a Lombak form of the planar hilt. It has distinct differences from the hilts shown in both posts #6 & #7 which are definitely not Lombok.

16th May 2017, 10:40 AM	#1
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 420	The blade of my keris a typical bugis straight blade. All in this Keris is Bugis style, except the handle. This keris comes from an old French collection, collected in the middle of the 20th century (or before?, I have no more information).

16th May 2017, 03:07 PM	#2
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 369	Thanks Athanase. Your hilt surely looks like the one I posted. Guess this type is very widespread throughout the archipelago.

16th May 2017, 03:40 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,219	I would second Alan's suggestion that the hilt on Athanase's keris is probably a Lombak form of the planar hilt. It has distinct differences from the hilts shown in both posts #6 & #7 which are definitely not Lombok.