Kayan mandau

[Maurice]

Just for sharing....... and with a little question.

Anyone see this kind of silver amulet, which is attached to the belt?



Maurice

[scratch]

Is the carving of scandinavian mythos? It is wonderful.
The amulet looks like Thors hammer
Thank you for sharing

Dan

[ronpakis]

hello aso,

the double spiral is pretty common in asia but also outside. when it is seen on a indonesian item and especially in silver my first guess is timor region. There are numerous different styles in that region but very very often with this type of spiral. Unfortunatly i dont have any references for this piece from books. good luck!

greetingd Ron

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by ronpakis

hello aso,

the double spiral is pretty common in asia but also outside. when it is seen on a indonesian item and especially in silver my first guess is timor region. There are numerous different styles in that region but very very often with this type of spiral. Unfortunatly i dont have any references for this piece from books. good luck!

greetingd Ron

Hi Ron,

Thanks for your reply. I have looked in the book of Hein, but can,t find this exact motif.......

I hope by 'aso' you don,t mean the dutch description of it???

Kind regards,
Maurice

[asomotif]

the dutch description of it

Dutch description of aso ?
Never though there would be one

Ps. Maurice, I also would not know what the amulet is.
Could it be part of a nechlace or some kind of jewelery ?

Nice hilt by the way. Would like some more poctures of the hilt.

Best regards,
Willem

[scratch]

Hello Maurice,
For some reason this protective amulet came to mind.
No disrespect intended

Kind regards,

Dan