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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? |
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Ummmm
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Ariel , did you pick the wrong link ?
![]() That's no Piso podang ......... Here's an unusual variant . |
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Mea culpa.
Rick, your pic is correct. Here is the correct link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 |
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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 . |
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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). |
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Guys:
Might this not be a depiction of garuda? Ian. |
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