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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th April 2012, 07:35 PM
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See:...

See: http://aachulay.blogspot.com/2010/10/lepcha-dress.html
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th November 2011, 03:24 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 20,556
Posted By dennee
First one is definitely Tibet. Looks like a...

First one is definitely Tibet. Looks like a woman's belt, probably from the northeast. In addition to the utility knife and the mechag (pouch holding flint and tinder and with a steel striker...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th June 2011, 10:54 PM
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Views: 14,833
Posted By dennee
It's a primer horn.

It's a primer horn.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2011, 09:12 PM
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Views: 15,144
Posted By dennee
Many European trade blades in North Africa.

Many European trade blades in North Africa.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th May 2011, 08:21 PM
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Views: 16,862
Posted By dennee
It looks like a pen case or something similar.

It looks like a pen case or something similar.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2011, 03:18 PM
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Views: 34,110
Posted By dennee
Some hilts and a new laminated blade...

Some hilts and a new laminated blade...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2011, 03:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,110
Posted By dennee
I think that Phuntsho Rapten may have relied a...

I think that Phuntsho Rapten may have relied a great deal on the expertise of one of his informants, a man that is said to have a considerable sword collection (I have spoken to his son).

Below...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th May 2011, 12:22 AM
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Views: 34,110
Posted By dennee
Contrary to "Swords and Hilt Weapons," I've never...

Contrary to "Swords and Hilt Weapons," I've never bought that the attribution is "purely conventional." Nor would I necessarily call those "Tibetan plain style," whatever that might be (and it might...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th May 2011, 02:54 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,110
Posted By dennee
I should say that the most difficult thing to...

I should say that the most difficult thing to reproduce is a traditional blade. But a few years back, Bhutanese smiths worked with some German ones and produced some convincing reproductions, and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th May 2011, 02:32 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,110
Posted By dennee
The Bhutanese are again making swords, including...

The Bhutanese are again making swords, including with traditional blades, and I have seen some up close (when I get a chance, I can get some photos off my other computer). The most difficult thing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th March 2011, 01:55 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 25,891
Posted By dennee
Thanks! That's some good scorekeeping. They...

Thanks! That's some good scorekeeping. They ought to have you do their "prices realized."

I'm glad I didn't stick around for the auction. The shield is interesting and rare but only decent...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th March 2011, 11:17 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 25,891
Posted By dennee
Anyone know what the Tibetan shield went for? I...

Anyone know what the Tibetan shield went for? I drove up for the show and stopped by the auction preview to examine the shield (but I didn't want to hang around all night).

It was rather...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2010, 06:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 8,140
Posted By dennee
It looks like a Bhutanese knife. The shape of...

It looks like a Bhutanese knife. The shape of both the blade and the waisted hilt are characteristic, as are the construction and tripatite covering of the sheath. The gadrooned brass fittings...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th June 2010, 01:19 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,725
Posted By dennee
Third time for me too, but I was surprised to see...

Third time for me too, but I was surprised to see it switched onto another weapon.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th June 2010, 03:28 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,725
Posted By dennee
Looks like "our" chatelaine made an appearance on...

Looks like "our" chatelaine made an appearance on another Tibetan weapon! This Bonham's auction closed yesterday. When the catalog came out, I emailed the specialist about the item. It seems like...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th June 2010, 03:08 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 123,501
Posted By dennee
There is a published catalog (1964) of the...

There is a published catalog (1964) of the collection, but it contains no photos. There are a few Chinese things, but mostly decorative items. There is a sword and an officer's helmet and ding jia...
Forum: Swap Forum 30th April 2010, 12:23 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 2,903
Posted By dennee
Chinese bronze weapons

If anyone is interested, I have five copies of Gettens et al., Two Early Chinese Bronze Weapons With Meteoric Iron Blades, (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1971). Paper covers, 77 pp. One...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2010, 12:37 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,241
Posted By dennee
Some of the attendees were taking down the hammer...

Some of the attendees were taking down the hammer prices. I jotted down a few, but others were more faithful. I think Philip Tom got most of them, at least up to the time I left.

They did have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd December 2009, 03:13 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,944
Posted By dennee
The oxtail saber was not developed until the...

The oxtail saber was not developed until the nineteenth century.

I associate the "tiger fork" with the military. Perhaps that is a mistaken impression. But while perhaps useful in a pitched...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th December 2009, 05:11 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 12,881
Posted By dennee
Like others here, I've seen worse. At least...

Like others here, I've seen worse. At least there's some order to it. But I wouldn't hang the mail or textiles. And it looks like there's not proper climate control, given the proximity to windows...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st August 2009, 05:12 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 19,853
Posted By dennee
It's possible that these were Tibetan guns, as a...

It's possible that these were Tibetan guns, as a couple were captured by the Nepalese in the war of 1855-1856. The Chinese were not involved in that campaign.

Of course, in the earlier war of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th August 2009, 07:13 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 20,841
Posted By dennee
The blade's curve could be intended to keep the...

The blade's curve could be intended to keep the hand away from the work---as with the handle of a broad ax (also with a beveled edge) used for hewing timber.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2009, 06:18 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 30,091
Posted By dennee
Good, point, sirupate. Since the occupation of...

Good, point, sirupate. Since the occupation of Tibet by Chinese troops, many Tibetans fled to Nepal. Before the twentieth century, Tibetan peoples were more concentrated in the north.

I didn't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2009, 05:19 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 30,091
Posted By dennee
Gonzalo, I appreciate your statement that the...

Gonzalo, I appreciate your statement that the absence of proof is not in itself evidence, but you don't seem convinced of it.

Unless I misread the above, there was reference to a "Tibetan" type of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2009, 04:33 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 30,091
Posted By dennee
Four photos of Cham dancers at Pelkhor Choide...

Four photos of Cham dancers at Pelkhor Choide monastery, Gyantse, Tibet, 1940s. The first is a photo from late 1942 taken by Brooke Dolan and Ilya Tolstoy and published in Rosemary Jones Tung's "A...
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