TWO KERISES AND A DAGGER

Description:

Indonesia, Bali and Java, first half of 20th c.
L. 40 - 86 cm
The Balinese keris with bead-inlaid gilt-metal hilt in the shape of Bayou, snake-shaped wrought iron blade, wood wrongka and scabbard; the Javanese keris with ivory hilt in the form of a stylized human figure, pamor wrought iron snake-shaped blade, wooden wrongka and low-alloy silver scabbard; and a Javanese dagger with mammoth-teeth hilt, iron blade and wooden scabbard with buffalo-horn hook attached to the reverse.
From a South German private collection, mostly acquired in Hong Kong and Jakarta in the 1960s/1970s - The trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available