Philippines knife, maybe visayas?

[tom hyle]

Originally Posted by migueldiaz

carlos, nice find! when will my turn come?

the carving of the figural monster looks not the usual though. but that makes that piece unique in its own way!

You say these things like they are drawbacks; these plusses. Standardized art can be beautiful, but unique and dare we consider inspired art is the bees knees.

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by tom hyle

You say these things like they are drawbacks; these plusses. Standardized art can be beautiful, but unique and dare we consider inspired art is the bees knees.

thanks for the comments. we are actually saying the same thing

[migueldiaz]

just can't help but notice that there seems to be certain similarities between nias (indonesia) hilts, and visayan hilts (like in this case) ...