MADURA ornamental hilts

[Alam Shah]

David, these are pictures of my hilt. The other ones I posted on fb belongs to a friend whom I've only had permission to post it there. From what I see it does have a resemblance to a Cirebon/Tegal Ganesha hilt form but with a flamboyant twist to it.

[David]

That's the one i was thinking about. Really nice patina on that and lovely detailed carving.

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by David

That's the one i was thinking about. Really nice patina on that and lovely detailed carving.

Thanks. Anyone have any idea what does 'Donoriko' means?

[Marcokeris]

a parrot?

[David]

Originally Posted by Marcokeris

a parrot?

Well they never struck me as looking much like a parrot, especial front on where they look almost bovine in nature.

[tunggulametung]

Originally Posted by Alam Shah

Thanks. Anyone have any idea what does 'Donoriko' means?

Good question. This reminds me a lot of Prambanan and Borobudur etymology

As a Javanese speaker of Central Java dialect, I would translate donoriko as:
dono/dana -- fund, money, gift, own, etc
riko/rika -- you (polite), especially certain areas East Java dialect
so it might means your precious (high language)
similar sounding words with almost similar meaning: (m)rika : over there (polite) especially Central Java

similar usage:
donorojo: name of several districts -- rojo = king
donowiro: generous -- wiro = hero, brave
donokromo: polite -- kromo = etiquette

Might have different meaning in the past too (name of a district where its originate, short version of other words for example wedono ing mriko, Old Java/Kawi, etc) but at least that is how I would translate at present.

As the object is originate from Madura, it might of course means totally different to a Madurese speaker