Tombak KRIS Spear magic pamor dagger amulet keris blade silat Indonesia java art

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Tombak KRIS Spear magic pamor dagger amulet keris blade silat Indonesia java art:
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Indonesiankeris Spear (kris tombak)djangkungI\'m selling a collection of old Indonesiagoods, mainly weapons and statues. This one was labelled \"Djangkoeng Tombak \" Ithink its origin is Indonesia.

I found on the internet about Tombak: Spears are either called Tombak in the Javanese world or Lembing in the Malay Peninsular culture.

The spear is probably older than the Keris. Some argue the Keris blade was originally a spear head mounted on a short hilt. For instance, Vajrayana Flagstaff points from the old Javanese kingdoms have a distinctive Keris shape. Click here for more on the Keris history.

Candi Sukuh (14th century) which is the earliest known representation of a Keris Empu, shows also some representations of Kudi blades.

Javanese Empu have been very imaginative while forging spear heads. There is an unlimited variety of shapes, some are very expressive and represent Wayang puppets or sacred animals, others have several heads.

There are three basic type of weapons mounted with spear heads:

The Tombak or Lembing, is used for ornamental spears with a straight or a wavy blade, some have two (dwisula) or three (trisula) branches. They are fitted with a shaft which length may vary from 40 to 350 cm. The term Lembing is also used more generically for spears of any functional use.

I found on the internet about djangkoeng / djangkung: ... This ancient keris features the dapur Jangkung, which has three waves (\'luk\'). In ancient times, when a child would go to university, or when s/he got a new job, or would move to another town or city, then the child would be given by his/her parents a keris Jangkung. This is because it is believed that a keris with this kind of dapur has the ability to help its owner to accomplish his or her personal goals...is a Dapur a of a Keris Luk 3. The Kembank Kacang has the form Gula Milir that Sogokan twice and it has a Ri Pandan. Previously had children who wanted to be a scientist or into employment often entered by her father a keris with the Dapur Jangkung because it has the magic power to strengthen the vitality of the objectives to kris spearis in total 27 cm.