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Originally Posted by Gavin Nugent
As a side note, I had some time to read last night and the head rest I supplied the image of is reputed as being a rooster  I can see some likeness but as the same time, some aspects don't line up stylistically to my mind. |
To be more accurate, the "other rooster" or sarimanok. It is a stylized mythical rooster from the Moro peoples. So the pommel of the mid 1800s and later resemble more the sarimanok head in the minds of many.