Piso Podang?

ariel · 19th April 2006, 07:21 PM

Despite being called Persian, I maintain that it is a Piso Podang from Sumatra.The handle is very strange: it looks almost like Piso Padang but the eaglehead pommel and the absense of a cavity are intriguing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
Any thoughts?

Ian · 19th April 2006, 07:27 PM

Ummmm

-- is that the correct link Ariel?

Rick · 19th April 2006, 07:30 PM

Ariel , did you pick the wrong link ?

That's no Piso podang .........

Here's an unusual variant .

ariel · 19th April 2006, 07:58 PM

Mea culpa.
Rick, your pic is correct.
Here is the correct link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Rick · 19th April 2006, 09:25 PM

I thought that might have been the one that you meant ( I was unaware the auction had ended ) .
A Brother sword hilt in white brass ?
This makes the third example of this style of piso hilt that I have seen .
The blades always seem to vary and I can see this blade is quite pitted .

ariel · 20th April 2006, 01:28 AM

Well, we might have found a new pattern.
Any ideas about it's origin and the meaning for the difference?
The cavity is supposed to have ritual significance; why isn't it present here? What about the Eagle? Isn't it one of the avatars of Vishnu? Piso Podang came to Sumatra from India (see Elgood's book).

Ian · 20th April 2006, 01:51 AM

Guys:

Might this not be a depiction of garuda?

Ian.

19th April 2006, 07:21 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Piso Podang? Despite being called Persian, I maintain that it is a Piso Podang from Sumatra.The handle is very strange: it looks almost like Piso Padang but the eaglehead pommel and the absense of a cavity are intriguing. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Any thoughts?

19th April 2006, 07:30 PM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,271	Wha ... ? Ariel , did you pick the wrong link ? That's no Piso podang ......... Here's an unusual variant . Attached Images

19th April 2006, 07:27 PM	#2
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,099	Ummmm -- is that the correct link Ariel?

19th April 2006, 07:58 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Mea culpa. Rick, your pic is correct. Here is the correct link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

19th April 2006, 09:25 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,271	I thought that might have been the one that you meant ( I was unaware the auction had ended ) . A Brother sword hilt in white brass ? This makes the third example of this style of piso hilt that I have seen . The blades always seem to vary and I can see this blade is quite pitted .

20th April 2006, 01:28 AM	#6
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Well, we might have found a new pattern. Any ideas about it's origin and the meaning for the difference? The cavity is supposed to have ritual significance; why isn't it present here? What about the Eagle? Isn't it one of the avatars of Vishnu? Piso Podang came to Sumatra from India (see Elgood's book).

20th April 2006, 01:51 AM	#7
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,099	Guys: Might this not be a depiction of garuda? Ian.