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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2296173, member: 2844"]An even smaller keris is a keris jimat, which yours was inspired by. As you can see, the hilt also represents the Buta Nawasari. The ship of the sheath is of a rare Javanese-inspired moon shape,and carved from buffalo horn. The tip of the sheath is bone with buffalo horn rings.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258287[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The back, with a pen for size:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]258288[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The inhabitant<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> , a keris jimat of East Javanese origin, again with pamor. It is tiny compared to the sheath, but the opening does not go all the way. The bone tip serves to facilitate easy wear, for instance under a waistband.</p><p><br /></p><p>The base of the blade is carved in the shape of a seated religious student, studying a holy book:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]258289[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2296173, member: 2844"]An even smaller keris is a keris jimat, which yours was inspired by. As you can see, the hilt also represents the Buta Nawasari. The ship of the sheath is of a rare Javanese-inspired moon shape,and carved from buffalo horn. The tip of the sheath is bone with buffalo horn rings. [ATTACH=full]258287[/ATTACH] The back, with a pen for size: [ATTACH=full]258288[/ATTACH] The inhabitant;) , a keris jimat of East Javanese origin, again with pamor. It is tiny compared to the sheath, but the opening does not go all the way. The bone tip serves to facilitate easy wear, for instance under a waistband. The base of the blade is carved in the shape of a seated religious student, studying a holy book: [ATTACH=full]258289[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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