UKIRAN SULAWESI

  The Bugis hilts represent an elongated Garuda, as a sea bird, a reminder of their seafarer origin. 
GARUDA
Bugis (1)		 GARUDA
Bugis (1)		 ARJUNA
 Early Macassar (1)

(1) Pictures from "UKIRAN - Essai de classification des poignées de kris de l'archipel indonésien" from Gaspard de Narval

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