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Old 8th November 2021, 09:33 PM   #1
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Mandau (and related) hilts are really 3-dimensional works of art that one needs to hold in hand to fully appreciate!

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Old 8th November 2021, 09:53 PM   #2
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Mandau (and related) hilts are really 3-dimensional works of art that one needs to hold in hand to fully appreciate!
Indeed!
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Old 15th November 2021, 01:51 PM   #3
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I think Asomotif's opinion is right. The little heads look like the one on his mandau's hilt.

Here are another two marginally clearer pics. I'm hopeless with taking pics.
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Old 15th November 2021, 04:03 PM   #4
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Thanks, Nik!

Yes, clearly related.

Neat piece - let me know if ...

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Old 17th November 2021, 10:07 PM   #5
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I think Asomotif's opinion is right. The little heads look like the one on his mandau's hilt.
My mandau hilt... I wish. The picture is from the sold section on mytribalart.com
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