Well, as someone who seems to be especially prone to pareidolia i also see faces in the vegetal design of these hilts. I suppose it is debatable if these faces are intentional or not, but to me it seems likely that as Islamic restrictions on depicting human form came into play this was the result.
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Very nice collection Detlef ;)
I love this type of hilt. |
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Here is my hilt in this style.
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Here the three others which can maybe attributed to the same style!? :shrug: |
One always wonder about the history of these pieces. For instance, what happened to the seluts? Were they very nice and sold off at some point or did they simply wear out or get lost because they weren't nice? What kinds of people owned this kind of knife when it was first made? Being from Madura was this a soldier's sidearm?
It looks like there is an occasional face hidden in the vegetation of these. |
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Either the Seluts were in silver y and we were sold at a time when the family needed money. Either they were damaged during disassembly for the ritual cleaning of the blade and once too damaged they were removed. |
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