WE0535

Keris 11 luk

Total: 52 cm
Blade & Hilt: 48 cm
Casing / scabbard: 43 cm

Auctions starts at RM299 only, tiada reserve!! Bid and the keris is yours!

A double edged blade keris Melayu.

The sheath is enclosed with wood, adorn with beautiful flower motifs of the Jawa.

The pendongkok, fitted below the hilt of the keris, has a scrolled design of twisted brass wire.

The blade displays the "Pamor Kulit Semangka". The pamor or damascening is the pattern on the surface of a keris blade. The pamor is the most important part of the keris, as according to common belief, it has strong magic power and influence of one pamor pattern is not the same as that of another."

These motifs can only be archived by a "pandai besi".

In bygone days a skilled maker was much respected and every Raja maintained a master craftsman, known as empu or pandai besi, at his court.

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