Piso Sanalenggam with unusual hilt

VVV · 29th August 2008, 09:55 AM

Thanks Marco and Bill.

I also have the new Batak book by Sibeth but I will be away from home until Monday to check it. (It's quite heavy so it could be worthwile to pick it up in a museum shop instead of having it shipped.)
On the colours it's of course always a bit dangerous to interpret too much in the meaning of similar symbols between totally different cultures.
Sometime it works and sometimes the same symbol has another meaning...
The chain motif I find Batak and as Ben mentioned it doesn't look like the Islamic motifs of the neighbouring people.

Michael

29th August 2008, 09:55 AM	#8
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Thanks Marco and Bill. I also have the new Batak book by Sibeth but I will be away from home until Monday to check it. (It's quite heavy so it could be worthwile to pick it up in a museum shop instead of having it shipped.) On the colours it's of course always a bit dangerous to interpret too much in the meaning of similar symbols between totally different cultures. Sometime it works and sometimes the same symbol has another meaning... The chain motif I find Batak and as Ben mentioned it doesn't look like the Islamic motifs of the neighbouring people. Michael