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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Alam Shah, I have noted two different head forms in this type of hilt:- a humanoid head, and a kakatua head. Sometimes when there is no distinct head the suggested form seems to be more kakatua than human.I would theorise that the human form of head is ancestral, and the kakatua associated with the world above.
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Thanks Alan for the additional pictures. Agreed with your observations and theory.
Surely there's a reason for these hilt forms, unfortunately, I do not know.
