BEATIFUL KAMPILAN HILT

nosmo king · 10th April 2005, 01:09 AM

great kampilan,I believe those bells are called tiger bells.Not a very common bell in the PI.

tom hyle · 10th April 2005, 05:38 AM

the faces are beautiful, and reminiscent somehow of MesoAmerican art. They appear to be soldered/brazed up of mould-cast(?) halves....or the halves could easily be pressed from wax in a wooden (for instance; or soapstone) mould, and joined, then coated with slip, then melted out and cast. The Lumad "hawk bells" I've seen were of a similar shape, much smaller, of course, but built up by hand-coiling a tiny wax cord upon its self to build up the wall of the bell; not in 2 halves, and then lost-wax cast.

nosmo king · 10th April 2005, 01:14 PM

Tiger bell's are a study in themselves.Every little design feature has specific meaning.Here's a great link : http://park.org/Guests/Tiger/details.htm

Spunjer · 10th April 2005, 01:51 PM

wow! thanks nosmo king. very informative website. btw, is that your panabas in your avatar, and if it is, mind showing us some close ups

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Ian · 10th April 2005, 05:31 PM

Nosmo king:

Those are indeed tiger bells with the characteristic stylized tiger's head! There is a very helpful web site that talks about tiger bells here:

http://parallel.park.org/Guests/Tiger/bells.htm

Ian.

Ooops. That link has already been posted above. Sorry.

10th April 2005, 05:31 PM	#5
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,362	Nosmo king: Those are indeed tiger bells with the characteristic stylized tiger's head! There is a very helpful web site that talks about tiger bells here: http://parallel.park.org/Guests/Tiger/bells.htm Ian. Ooops. That link has already been posted above. Sorry. Last edited by Ian; 10th April 2005 at 05:42 PM.

10th April 2005, 01:09 AM	#1
nosmo king Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 15	great kampilan,I believe those bells are called tiger bells.Not a very common bell in the PI.

10th April 2005, 05:38 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	the faces are beautiful, and reminiscent somehow of MesoAmerican art. They appear to be soldered/brazed up of mould-cast(?) halves....or the halves could easily be pressed from wax in a wooden (for instance; or soapstone) mould, and joined, then coated with slip, then melted out and cast. The Lumad "hawk bells" I've seen were of a similar shape, much smaller, of course, but built up by hand-coiling a tiny wax cord upon its self to build up the wall of the bell; not in 2 halves, and then lost-wax cast.

10th April 2005, 01:14 PM	#3
nosmo king Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 15	Tiger bell's are a study in themselves.Every little design feature has specific meaning.Here's a great link : http://park.org/Guests/Tiger/details.htm

10th April 2005, 01:51 PM	#4
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	wow! thanks nosmo king. very informative website. btw, is that your panabas in your avatar, and if it is, mind showing us some close ups ?