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The kris and other traditional weapons from
Indonesia
The Kris (original name: Keris) is the national weapon of the Indonesian Archipelago and comes in various shapes. We are specialized in these kind of old traditional weapons and we have a shop in the Netherlands were we are showing and selling Kerisses and other traditional weapons. Besides selling in our shop we also sell these antique weapons by the internet. We allready have experience in selling and shipping Kerisses all over the world for the last 10 years. Besides Kerisses and other traditional old weapons we also have a large collection of other Indonesian Antiques (mainly furniture and art) The shop is open at: monday, tuesday, wednesday, friday: 11.00-18.00 hour saturday: 10.00-17.00 hour, the shop is closed at thursday and sunday You are very welkom to visit our shop. Patrick de Vries Zandstraat 1 5473 RJ Heeswijk-Dinther 0413-293900 Email: devriesantiek@home.nl On this website you find pictures of a part of our collection of Krisses and other traditional weapons such as Krisses from Java and Madura. Kerisses from Bali and Lombok as wel as nice sample's of the Bugis Keris from Sulawesi (celebes) and from Sumatera (Sumatra). There is one example of a Moro Sundang Keris from the Philippines. Besides Krisses we also have a large collection of tombaks (spears) and kudi / kujang from Java, Madura, Bali/Lombok, Sulawesi and Sumatera. Most of the Tombaks are forged the same way as the Keris with a Pamor pattern. The other traditional and tribal weapons we have in our collection have it's origin in the many islands of the Indonesiam Archipelago. We have a nice collection of tribal weapons from Nias, such as Toho (spear), Balato (sword) and Baluse (shield). From Sumatera we have spears, goloks and Batak and minang kabau weapons. The weapons we have from Sulawesi are mainly the Badek or Badik and other bugis weapons. From Java we have the pedang and golok (swords) and many kind of pisau (daggers and knives). Other traditional weapons from the Indonesiean Archipelago are cunderik, goloks, klewang and parang. Also the kawali sikin sword swords dagger sekin piso pisau mandau chunderik and the Sewar rencong, tumbok lada. Besides the old weapons we also sell stands for the Krisses, such as blawong, ploncon, tempat keris, hanoman stand. For the Keris we haev many kinds of Keris oil: minyak keris. Most famous are cendana (sandalwood) and melati. At last we are distributing many books about kerisses such as: The invincible Krises 2 (Vanna Ghiringhelli) The Javanese Kris (I Groneman and David van Duuren) Keris Jawa antara Mistik dan Nalar (Haryono Haryoguritno) Ensiklopedi Keris (Author: Bambang Harsrinuksmo) Tosan Aji Pesona Jejak Prestasi Budaya (Author: Prasida Wibawa) Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago. (author: A.G. Zonneveld) De Kris: Magic Relic of Old Indonesia Vol I, II (Author: G.J.F.J.Tammens) Krisdisk: Krisses from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. (Author: Kartsen Sejr Jensen) Spirit of Wood The art of Malay Woodcarving |