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Originally Posted by Jean
Hi Gavin and David,
The pics of the hilts are not very clear but I am not sure that they depict the same figure, the one from Gavin with the protruding nose depicts a popular hero from Bali/ Lombok area? but I forgot his name.
Best regards
Jean
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I believe this hilt depicts the character Umarmaya. As far as I know, this is a panakawan character in Lombok. On
this site (German), he's listed as a character in the repertoire of Wayang Sasak (ethnic group on Lombok).