Hilt Identification

[Interested Party]

I guess my personal quirk is that I like to know the species woods used and what motifs represent, particularly when they are vegetative and esoteric beliefs.

I wish you luck on your search. Sorry I do not have any information for you. Maybe someday we will know what this item is and looks like if it is not too personal. Thanks for an interesting topic as always

-ip

[A. G. Maisey]

Motifs I do have high interest in, woods not so much. This is perhaps due to my principal interest being in Jawa & Bali, & Jawa has used imported woods for many years and until the present. Knowing the tree that wood comes from does not contribute to the knowledge of the item in a socio-cultural context, unless it is a local wood that does have some esoteric aspect associated with it.

The overarching principle is that it is the overall impression created by the appearance & the way in which the material has been worked that does count.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

The overarching principle is that it is the overall impression created by the appearance & the way in which the material has been worked that does count.

Very true!

[Sajen]

One of the best paradigms is for example hippo ivory, used overall in SEA but not found there.