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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 357789, member: 2844"]A nicely carved figurine. The fact that it can stand was a bit of a giveaway.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Just to give an idea, this is the base of a very slender Madura keris hilt, a Balinese one is much more bulbous:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]122016[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Because keris hilts have no flat base, there are special stands for 'orphaned' keris hilts:</p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFgxMDA0/z/h-8AAOSwWCBatNCa/$_86.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 357789, member: 2844"]A nicely carved figurine. The fact that it can stand was a bit of a giveaway.;) Just to give an idea, this is the base of a very slender Madura keris hilt, a Balinese one is much more bulbous: [ATTACH=full]122016[/ATTACH] Because keris hilts have no flat base, there are special stands for 'orphaned' keris hilts: [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFgxMDA0/z/h-8AAOSwWCBatNCa/$_86.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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