MALAY ART GALLERY'S...........
House of Keris
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Brief history about the establishment and our services. Established in 1972 by my father, the Gallery started off as a place where local artist were able to expose their works and later evolved eventually into the dealings of artifacts and artworks from the regions.
Information about kerises, kris terminology, identification and tips on maintenance. Please browse through as certain terms describing the pieces maybe unfamiliar.
Kerises from various regions within the Malay archepelago, inluding pieces made with either ivory, silver, horn, good grained or hardwoods. Finely detailed works of art with certain rare features, all in excellent or very good condition. Please note that we do not feature any pieces which are in poor or non-restorable condition. Unless otherwise mentioned, we presently do not feature any newly made blades, but do have them available, and will gladly entertain any request.
Other types of edge weapons (long swords) from the regions that includes "klewang", "parang", "golok", "pedang", "tempius", "beladau" etc. Also included are smaller side weapons, consisting mainly of "badek", "rencong", "tumbuk lada", "siwah", "karih" etc.
Kerises handles from the various regions made of either wood, horn, bone ivory etc. Other accessories includes mendaks, seluts, pendokos.We also provide services for complete restoration or replacements of any parts relating to the keris.
Items on sale that had been sold are listed here. A good archives for browsing the many different styles and regional variations.
In conjunction with this annual event emulating the "Upacara Suro", Malay Art Gallery, Majlis Pusat and the Malay Heritage Centre, will be presenting a Keris Cleansing Showcase that will last for 4 days, entitled “Rangsang Rias Pusaka Bangsa V”, or in English; Heirloom Rejuvenation Ceremony V. It will showcase the ceremony that takes place in keris cleansing and the cleansing of other heirlooms, pusaka. There will also be Malay traditional cultural performances such as Kuda Kepang, Silat, and Tarian, or Malay traditional dancing. Another interesting event during the period is also to hold a keris tournament, whereby we invite anyone with kerises to participate.
Established in 1972 by my father, the Malay Art Gallery initially started off as a Gallery for artists to expose their works and later evolved eventually into the dealings of artifacts and artworks from the regions.
My father's passion for the keris and weapons from these areas started when he was a teenager and as his collection grew, he eventually started to trade in them. We have licenses from the Arms & Explosive Branch of the Singapore Police Force to legally deal with edge weapons.
Having been in the business for more than two decades, we work once with the National Museum here in 1995, and with the Shah Alam Museum in Selangor, in Malaysia. More recently, working together with Majlis Pusat and the newly open Malay Heritage Centre, we have an annual cultural and traditional keris cleansing ceremonies, providing our sincere advise and expertise to collectors, enthusiast, scholars, friendly tourist or even curious housewives!
Through the years, we have had many varieties of item and presently we are only featuring our Kerises and other weapons related items. We assure customers of accurate authenticity of our items with frank and sincere opinions about age, origin or state of our items on sale. Presently we do not (unless otherwise mention) feature newly made pieces although we do have them on sale at the shop and will gladly entertain any interest. From time to time we will be updating and adding more variety to our site.
Our Services
We also provide services for complete restoration or replacements of any parts relating to the keris. Once every year, during the first Muslim month of "Muharram", we organize an event called "Upacara Suro" (Javanese) where we emulate the traditional way in which kerises and other pusakas are cleanse complete with a traditional procession and "upacara" prior to the cleansing.
Our Pledge:
We are confident that you will be satisfied with any item and we guarantee it to be materially as presented. However, if the item does meet your expectations, it may be returned within 7 days of receipt for a complete refund of the purchased price, less the shipping cost, provided the item is returned in its original condition.
We advise interested buyers to please feel free without any obligations, to ask for more information or pictures of the items interested. We are also open to any comments on our item's descriptions.
Please feel free to e-mail us any enquires or opinions at :
Contact Information
E-mail me at keris4u@yahoo.com.sg or a_aljunied@hotmail.com any query for other items of interest.
Or better still visit our showroom at:
No. 31, Bussorah
Street,
Singapore 199449.
Tel: 65-62948051 Fax: 65-62948051
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