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Old 30th August 2009, 05:08 AM   #39
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by Rick
The Piso Podang's pommel ??
Good call Rick! Thats what I'm looking at dead center, a piso podang with that distinct turbanesque pommel. Interestingly, like the tulwar, whose pommels are believed to represent variations of stupa in degree, perhaps these type pommels are also architectural in origin.

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