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Originally Posted by Green
Many thanks Alan and Marco for the explanation. The figures look like different characters . Wondering if each is a specific raksasa eg Ravana?or whatever?
And what kind of blades do they usually fitted to? (I mean would a bugis or spokal blade suitable for these or are they specific to certain dhapur?
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Green, i seriously doubt that these hilts depict any specific raksasa, simply different artistic interpretations of the figure. The raksasa generally have fangs and flowing wavy hair as seem to be depicted in one way or another in all these examples.
These would not be appropriate for any bugis blades really. It isn't so much a matter of dhapur as the cultural region that they belong to. They would be best suited to blades from North Jawa.