Milandro, I find that to be a strange symbolism to incorporate into a keris hilt.
My memory of the Putri Mandalika myth is that she committed suicide by drowning rather than choose a husband from her many suitors, she became a symbol of self sacrifice.
Her reincarnation was as a sea worm that is eaten.
Rather a strange symbolism to occupy the position that is usually one of a protective symbol.
I wonder if this hilt is perhaps an artistic expression rather than an expression of keris symbolism?
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