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AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - ALL 100% ORIGINAL.MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE INDONESIANKERIS(kris) JEWELED DAGGER.
JAVA, CIRCA 19th. - EARLY 20th CENTURY.
SILVER RING ON HILT SET WITH REAL ROSE CUT DIAMONDS (natural diamonds were electronically tested).ALSO SET WITH RED RUBIES AND ONE GREEN EMERALD STONE.FINEST QUALITY HAND CARVED B0NE GRIP - METICULOUS ATTENTION TO SMALL DELICATE DETAILS.TRADITIONAL FORM FINELY HAND FORGED PAMOR BLADE.
SILVER COVERED WOODEN SCABBARD - VERY FINE QUALITY HAND CHASED DECORATION.
800/1000 OR HIGHER SILVER STANDARD.LARGE WARANGKA (top wooden part of the scabbard).
SIZE:ABOUT 19 in. (48.3 cm) LONG IN SCABBARD.ABOUT 17 5/16 in. (44 cm) LONG OUT OF SCABBARD.BALDE IS ABOUT 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) LONG. CONDITION:VERY GOOD ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH HONEST CHARMING INDICATION OF AGE.EXPECTED NORMAL HANDLING MARKS CONSISTENT WITH IT\'S AGE.
LIGHT EXPECTED WEAR AND TIGHT STABLE AGE CRACKS ON GRIP.
MINOR PLAY BETWEEN BLADE AND HILT.
UNCLEANED BLADE IS IN EXCELLENT ANTIQUE CONDITION.
SILVER COVERED SCABBARD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NORMAL EXPECTED LIGHT AGE WEAR.NO REPAIRS.
SUPERB QUALITY ANTIQUE the true spirit of theKeris. The pattern welding work demonstrates the skills of theEmpubut also characterizes the power of the blade.The word Pamor means in Malay, mixture of alloys, and in fact thePamorpattern is obtained by welding together wrought iron and nickel, and then acid etching it. The mystical power of theKerisis said to come from its celestial origin because of the use of meteorite iron. However, it is doubtful that manyKerisblades were actually made of meteorite iron. The only fall of a meteorite in Java was recorded in the mid 18thcentury, near Prambanan. Since there was almost no natural iron deposits in Java, most probably most of the blades were made beforehand from imported iron. Sulawesi is said to have exported its iron which contains a low percentage of nickel, this type of metal is calledPamorLuwu,from the Eastern part of central Sulawesi. While using this nickelous iron, Javanese smiths found they could control specific pattern designs by etching the blade and creating a contrast between the darken iron and the bright nickel.The Prambanan meteor was said to contain 9.4% nickel, which made it very attractive to smiths, but its scarcity restricted its use to top quality blades for wealthy owners.The colonial presence brought, in the late 19thcentury another source of cheap nickel from scrap iron: bicycles frames, ship propeller, tools... These industrial metal parts contained up to 5% nickel and provided a very high contrast pamor with bright nickel. More recently pure Nickel has been used, thus recently forged blade show a very uniform shiny nickel.It is interesting to note that most Sumatra, Peninsular or Moro blades are in plain iron, whereas most of Java, Bali and Sulawesi blades are in pamor probably because these later islands have an easier access to the Luwu ore.
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