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Marcokeris

6th March 2011 03:14 PM

Unusual hilt

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A strange old hilt from Java. The animal on the base is a sacred bull (?) with wings. Can any keris forum friends to help me to know what he is? :confused:

Montino Bourbon

8th March 2011 03:42 AM

Just a wild guess

the sacred bull, Nandi, is one of the vehicles of Vishnu. Vishnu had a lion avatar, so the lion face could be Vishnu.

Marcokeris

8th March 2011 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montino Bourbon

the sacred bull, Nandi, is one of the vehicles of Vishnu. Vishnu had a lion avatar, so the lion face could be Vishnu.

Thanks :)

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