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Old 6th August 2008, 08:38 AM   #1
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Most likely a centipede - in Morc & Malay cultures, snake and centipede have a place in weapons symbolism - never heard of scorpion being used.
Scorpions are seen now and then as kinatah emas on keris and related weapons from Solo. A famous example is the one in Tropen with a cosmic wheel on the other side. Below is an example from Sumatra.
And the full view of the barong with the centipede inlay (on the other side it has Ali's sword, Solomon's seal and a wild dog (?)).


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Old 6th August 2008, 08:50 AM   #2
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That is a nice barong Michael!
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Old 7th August 2008, 01:46 AM   #3
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WOW! That is a nice Barung, Michael.
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Another reference to the power of the centipede, 3rd paragraph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakobau
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Old 8th April 2009, 01:03 AM   #5
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Looks like a centipede all right.

Am just wondering why in both Kino's & Michael's examples (and maybe it's true for all?), the centipede's head is facing the sword wielder, rather than the enemy?
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