LIGAN PES05

Lombok, overall 62.5 cm, blade 45 cm, hilt 13.5 cm -1296E200-

Ukiran Wooden hilt with a silver ferrule and a horn guard
Mendak N/A
Warangka Scabbard made of two wooden parts bounded together with two silver and tow copper bands
Pamor Kulit Semengka
Dapur Cundrik
Prabot 2 sogokan, 2 kruwingan, ada-ada, 
A thick center rib with 2 deep grooves on top of the blade. The two holes are said to represent the eyes of Shiva.
   This dagger could be classified as a Pedang Suduk, although its blade does have a lot in common with a a Keris, except there is no ganja. It is sometimes called a Lombok executioner's Keris. In "Keris di Lombok"  by H. Lalu Djelenga (page 334), it is described as Cundrik or Sundrik. Although the term Cundrik is used for various type of blades, we refer to this name for a blade that has a shape with the first part straight, single edged, and the second part slightly curved double edged.

   Similar blades are mounted as a Keris with a ganja. G.C. Wooley describes in "Journal Malayan Branch Vol. XX, Part II", a keris from the Pitt-Rivers museum, with a very similar blade: it has the same length, two holes at the top, a thick center rib with 2 deep grooves. This blade is fitted with an unusual ganja.

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