I also cannot assist Tim, however, even though this hand position does resemble one or more Buddhist hand positions, I suspect it could be that to attach this hilt to a Buddhist relationship + a keris relationship might be the wrong way to go.
I have never seen representations of keris, nor of keris-like objects in a Buddhist setting, and since the keris is a symbol of Siwa, this is totally understandable.
So, if we opt for a Buddhist relationship we probably should remove the keris from the equation. Some other type of weapon, or even object, but not a keris.
Similarly, if we opt for a keris relationship maybe Buddha has got to leave the room.
We have an elephant + some other animal. Do we know what the other animal is?
If we were to understand the hand position as a Hindu, what might we be looking at?
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