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Marcokeris
6th March 2011, 02:14 PM
A strange old hilt from Java. The animal on the base is a sacred bull (?) with wings. Can any keris forum friends to help me to know what he is? :confused:
Montino Bourbon
8th March 2011, 02:42 AM
the sacred bull, Nandi, is one of the vehicles of Vishnu. Vishnu had a lion avatar, so the lion face could be Vishnu.
Marcokeris
8th March 2011, 04:01 AM
the sacred bull, Nandi, is one of the vehicles of Vishnu. Vishnu had a lion avatar, so the lion face could be Vishnu.
Thanks :)