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25th July 2014, 07:05 AM
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25th July 2014, 07:17 PM
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Gavin, it does indeed look like something once occupied this spot, but i'm not sure i could give any reliable answer to your question of exactly what it was. Very possibly a stone, but what type is a pretty open. I'm not sure i have ever seen a stone set into this type of hilt before so i have no precedent to draw from.
 It does look like someone my have chipped the ivory a bit digging the object out if that chip is a sign of that then it happened a little ways back. |
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15th August 2014, 06:57 PM
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It could have contained a sun with a face or eyes, that was chipped out because islam does not allow it.
Or a illustration of something in relation with the Dutch, destroyed by one that did not like to look at it any more. Both only speculations, but a possibility. |
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17th August 2014, 04:55 AM
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Thank you very much for these ponderous thoughts
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