Strange koftgari beast on kukri

[spiral]

Originally Posted by Andy Stevens

The court calls Spiral!!! The pin working to hilt is rather attractive-is this common to kukris? Its something we've never before seen. Could this be a sacrificial weapon and the strange clawed creature a indicator of such usage??

LOL ! Well Andy/Karina its certanly some fascinating Naive art on that piece! I dont know what the creature is, But it would be open to interpritation. . In Nepal things like that are usualy seen as bieng in the eye of the beholder.{Mening it is whatever you see in it. Personaly today I see a Tiger. }

I would say It would be to serve as an auspicios symbol to prevent anything supernatural or malignant becomeing attached to the kukri or it keeper after use.. obviously the other symbols are sun & moon, done in the same naive style.

I need full photos of entire piece & also the hilt to accurently comment further on decoration or possible sacrificial use.

Spiral

[Battara]

And just to let you know it is not koftgari but brass inlay.....

Interesting creature.......

[laEspadaAncha]

Hmmm... interesting creature indeed. When I look at the "head" though, I don't know if I see a tiger. In fact, upon close inspection, I believe it be the elusive and incredibly rare Scrotumasaur. Some may argue the Scrotumasaur is a mythical creature of folklore whose very existence is questionable, like the Amoebicorn (an amoeba with a very small horn attached to it) or the Completely Sane Highly Intelligent Hot Chick With No Issues.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha

Hmmm... interesting creature indeed. When I look at the "head" though, I don't know if I see a tiger. In fact, upon close inspection, I believe it be the elusive and incredibly rare Scrotumasaur. Some may argue the Scrotumasaur is a mythical creature of folklore whose very existence is questionable, like the Amoebicorn (an amoeba with a very small horn attached to it) or the Completely Sane Highly Intelligent Hot Chick With No Issues.

Now I don't care who you are, thats funny

[kronckew]

a picture of the whole khukuri would be nice...

i think it's Hanuman the monkey god...popular decoration on khukuris:

hanuman was once tasked to retrieve a medicinal herb to cure one of the other gods. hence the monkey followed by the herbal design and the sun/moon. apparently he brought back the whole mountain rather than just the herbs.

[Battara]

I guess I could see that. We could be monkeying around with it.

[Andy Stevens]

Well thankyou for all your imput! It's nice to get other peoples thoughts on the subject. To me it will always be a scrotumasaur now! ( thought that was a just a medical condition)


There is a similarity to Bhushan's photo, I wonder if that is also Hanuman? The hands and toes seem very monkey-like. It certainly fits with the story of the herbs and sun on the blade too. I think we have a winner! Although Fearn's squashed mouse was a close second.

scrotumasuar! I love it!

More pics as requested!