Origine of 2 Bugis kriss with nice carved hilt.

Athanase · 4th August 2017, 12:09 PM

Thank you very much Gustav for your very informative answer.

Johan van Zyl · 5th August 2017, 10:50 AM

Are those hilts made of wood?

Athanase · 5th August 2017, 02:02 PM

Wood

Gustav · 5th August 2017, 02:06 PM

The first one has on pictures almost an appearance of a light, better quality horn.

Athanase · 5th August 2017, 02:52 PM

I looked at the 2-3 places where it has all the small breaks and it has a lighter color with fibers that look much more like wood than horn.
The handle is not translucent to the light as with horn.

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Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 432	Thank you very much Gustav for your very informative answer.

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Johan van Zyl Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: I live in Gordon's Bay, a village in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Posts: 126	Are those hilts made of wood?

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Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 432	Wood

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Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,306	The first one has on pictures almost an appearance of a light, better quality horn.

5th August 2017, 02:52 PM	#5
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 432	I looked at the 2-3 places where it has all the small breaks and it has a lighter color with fibers that look much more like wood than horn. The handle is not translucent to the light as with horn.