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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 606885, member: 2844&quot;]Just to show that a keris can be a good keris without clear damascene-like pamor, two of my prized beauties. Both are meditation kerises.</p><p>The absence of a clear pattern means the maker had to be good enough to make a perfectly shaped keris. These are made by &#039;empu keris&#039;, master keris smiths who were also mystics. Empu keris were held in very high regard, and often married into royalty.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one has a pamor putih, or white pamor. The entire surface is pamor metal (the greyish metal which usually causes the light designs on a blade).</p><p>White kerises are extremely rare and used to be highly sought after by the nobility of Java and Madura. They stand for the quest for cosmic enlightenment.</p><p>When Western collectors started to classify pamor patterns in the late 19th century, the emphasis shifted to strong pamor patterns, and the old appreciation and valuation was forgotten. The only mention I ever found of the significance of pamor putih was in a 19th century book on Javanese spirituality, which shows how unknown it is.</p><p>This beauty was formerly owned by a well-known Dutch-Indonesian musician who was a bit of a mystic as well. After his passing the family wanted a good home for the white keris, not just any collector. That is how it came to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]178936[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see that is made in the same way as the usual blades, with the metal being folded and worked many times, causing those tiny patterns. The &#039;ganja wilut&#039; or wavy crosspiece is also a valued detail.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]178937[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is a black keris. Like the white one it has a real pamor pattern, just intentionally black. Black kerises stand for looking for enlightenment within yourself. They are also rare, but not as much so as white kerises.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]178938[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]178939[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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