Origin of this hilt type

[Emanuel]

Yup, I do indeed see differences. Some more corroboration on the Sulawesi provenance comes via Frey's book...shows a good number of keris with ukiran very close (though maybe not quite identical ) to yours, labelled as Sulawesi-Bugis. Too bad he doesn't provide names for them...nice pics though.

Emanuel

Oops, I get it you already know it's Bugis, but need specifics...

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by Manolo

... Some more corroboration on the Sulawesi provenance comes via Frey's book...shows a good number of keris with ukiran very close (though maybe not quite identical ) to yours, labelled as Sulawesi-Bugis. Too bad he doesn't provide names for them...nice pics though.

Thanks again Manolo for the effort. The thing is, it's close but none is an exact match, at least in terms of design or aesthetics... hmmm...

Originally Posted by Manolo

... Oops, I get it you already know it's Bugis, but need specifics...

Sorry ... I should have mentioned that I know it's probably Bugis, but from where? Sulawesi? Riau-Lingga? Sumatra? Peninsular? or elsewhere...