Majapahit kris putut keris sajen magic dagger Indonesia amulet dukun sword knife

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Majapahit kris putut keris sajen magic dagger Indonesia amulet dukun sword knife:
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Indonesiankeris (kris) with iron handle. I\'m selling a collection of old Indonesiagoods, mainly weapons and statues. This one was labelled \"Modjopahitkris putut\",so I assume its origin is Indonesia. Majapahit was one of the last major empires of the region and is considered tobe one of the greatest and most powerful empires in the history of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, one that issometimes seen as the precedent for Indonesia\'s modern boundaries . Itsinfluence extended beyond the modern territory of Indonesia and has beena subject of many studies. German orientalist Berthold Laufer suggestedthat maja came from the Javanese name of Indonesian tree.After defeating Srivijaya in Sumatra in 1290,Singhasari became the most powerful kingdom in the area. Kublai Khan, the GreatKhan of the Mongol Empire and the Emperor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty,challenged Singhasari by sending emissaries demanding tribute. Kertanegara, thelast ruler of Singhasari, refused to pay the tribute. In 1293, Kublai Khan senta massive expedition of 1,000 ships to Java.By that time, Jayakatwang, the Adipati (Duke) of Kediri, a vassal state of Singhasari, hadusurped and killed Kertanagara. After being pardoned by Jayakatwang with theaid of Madura\'s regent, Arya Wiraraja; Raden Wijaya, Kertanegara\'s son-in-law,was given the land of Tarik timberland. Hethen opened that vast timberland and built a new village there. The village wasnamed Majapahit, which was taken from a fruit name that had bitter taste inthat timberland (maja is the fruit name and pahit means bitter). When MongolianYuan army sent by Kublai Khan arrived, Wijaya allied himself with the army tofight against Jayakatwang. Once Jayakatwang was destroyed, Raden Wijaya forcedhis allies to withdraw from Java by launching a surprise attack.[10] Yuan\'sarmy had to withdraw in confusion as they were in hostile territory. It wasalso their last chance to catch the monsoon winds home; otherwise, they wouldhave had to wait for another six months on a hostile island.In AD 1293, Raden Wijaya founded a stronghold with the capital Majapahit. Theexact date used as the birth of the Majapahit kingdom is the day of hiscoronation, the 15th of Kartika month in the year 1215 using the Javanese çakacalendar, which equates to November 10, 1293. During his coronation he wasgiven formal name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana. The new kingdom faced challenges.Some of Kertarajasa\'s most trusted men, including Ranggalawe, Sora, and Nambirebelled against him, though unsuccessfully. It was suspected that the mahapati(equal with prime minister) Halayudha set the conspiracy to overthrow all ofthe king\'s opponents, to gain the highest position in the government. However, followingthe death of the last rebel Kuti, Halayudha was captured and jailed for histricks, and then sentenced to death. Wijaya himself died in AD 1309.Wijaya\'s son and successor, Jayanegara was notorious for immorality. One of hissinful acts was taking his own stepsisters as wives. He was entitled KalaGemet, or \"weak villain\". In AD 1328, Jayanegara was murdered by hisdoctor, Tanca. His stepmother, Gayatri Rajapatni, was supposed to replace him,but Rajapatni retired from court to become a bhiksuni (a Buddhist nun) in amonastery. Rajapatni appointed her daughter, Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, orknown in her formal name as Tribhuwannottungadewi Jayawishnuwardhani, as thequeen of Majapahit under Rajapatni\'s auspices. During Tribhuwana’s rule, theMajapahit kingdom grew much larger and became famous in the area. Tribhuwanaruled Majapahit until the death of her mother in AD 1350. She was succeeded byher son, Hayam Wuruk

I found for putut: ...A keris with Dapur Putut has a rather short and wide blade. The gandik features a sitting person or monkey. Other than the gandik, this particular type of dapur does not feature any other ricikan....In the beginning, keris was not even a weapon. It started as a spiritual container in primitive society that practiced animism. Animism believed in spirit residing in things such as mountain spirit, river spirit, sea spirit or in event such as disease spirit, famine spirit. The shaman, who had the ability to communicate with the spirit, had responsibility to maintain the relationship between human and the spirit. There were times when the spirit and the human clashed, regardless who started first. If the disease spread and took victims of certain village, the shaman would try to battle or to appease the disease spirit. If the shaman won the spiritual battle, he had the authority to cast the spirit away as far as possible. To do this, he used a container where the spirit is locked so that it can be transported, and that is keris putut sajen.
Keris putut sajen is so simple that it has blade and grip only. No decorative scabbard or grip found. But it already shows the characteristic of typical keris which is asymmetrical blade that angled to one side. Some historians suggested that it may have the influence from the Dong Son Civilization in Vietnam but I personally doubted it as the function is different although the shape looks similar. South East Archipelago also interacts with foreign civilization especially the India / Indus Civilization. This resulted in the spread of Hinduism in the area (western part of the archipelago in general). Though so, animism is not abandoned. Until today, some tribes in Indonesia still practices animism such as, Toraja Tribe in Sulawesi, Dayak groups in Kalimantan (Borneo), Nias Tribe in Nias Island, Tribes in Papua. The spread of Hinduism also marked the start of historical records in Indonesia. Hinduism is one of polytheism religion. Most of the spirits from animism belief had their equals in Hinduism Gods. Meanwhile, the society and population were growing that villages started to evolve to small kingdoms. Since gods were considered more powerful that the spirits, the kings or those who wanted to be kings (kingdom-founder) asked or tried to find legitimation from the Gods. Keris now become the container of the Gods’ legitimation, power and blessing. As such, the winner of the battle between kingdoms in this era, always kill the opponent’s king and confiscate their keris as war prize.
For those who are not nobles / commoners, owning a keris can mean society status or sign of adulthood.
There is a famous story about the cursed keris of a kingdom-founder that I will share with you in separately. To this point,keris still not a weapon at the first place. Even if it was brought to the battle, it functions as sign of Gods’ support, or if it belonged to the general, it has the moral support and source of bravery on the battle field. If the king dies because of old age, the keris is passed on to the crown prince and crowned to be a king. The king may also appoint other person to take care a region or an office and for that position the king usually grant a keris as a trust and responsibility. For vassals, the king gives more authority, such as executing the criminals and it is done by using keris. Then came Buddhism to the Archipelago, but the keris function has not changed. In 13 - 14th century, Islam started to spread. The one that changed is that the view about source of legitimation from the Hindu Gods has changed to the Allah (Monotheistic Islamic God). Keris stayed the same as heirloom in the royal or noble family even to the commoners. Islamic influence of keris is the graving of Koranic verses on the keris blade. For centuries keris is full of symbolism, but it is in Colonialism Era that keris really used in battle against the Dutch. There are some resistances that took years to fight. One of it is Java War from 1825-1830. When the Javan Leader, Prince Diponegoro, was captured, his keris was confiscated and brought to Holland as war prize. I also got a hear-say that a descendant of Dutch Soldier during the colonization era told a story that his ancestor’s friend dying after being stabbed by a keris. After Indonesian Independence on August 17, 1945, Dutch tried to regain Indonesia as its former colony before it was surrendered to Japan in 1942. The force that entered Indonesia was the British forces but the Dutch come along in the crowd which, unfortunately, this not went unnoticed by Indonesians. The Indonesians managed to teach the British a lesson if they dared to interfere or helping the Dutch to regain its former colony in a destructive battle: The Battle of Surabaya on November 10, 1945. The Indonesian force virtually used all weapon that they can found, the looted guns from the Japanese Soldier to traditional blade including keris to fight the battle. See the picture of British soldier looking Java Keris. So in conclusion, keris is not a weapon at the first place. It has many other functions that seems reducing the portion as weapon. There are some silat / martial art schools that teach keris as one of the weapon. For current era, Keris still has the same roles in the local kingdoms. (the kingdoms only exist as cultural and tradition symbols, no real power). For commoners, when they attend traditional ceremony, the males are required to wear keris as traditional dress attribute (like in Javanese-style wedding). For collectors, it become a collectible item. For artist, it become a media of artwork.

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This is a kris / keris or Indonesian traditional dagger / item with a rare blade. The handle ismade together with the kris and is a man(priest) figure (the total is made in 1 piece).This kris is in total 23,5cm