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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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olikara
![]() I still believe that this is later piece and a powder horn, probably for the rustic householder who would have used the powder to shoot anything from Duck to Wild Boar. Else, it could have been used... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,740
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olikara
![]() It is a powder horn. It isn't thin because it is made of Brass not horn or steel. I would place this piece among the same group of Brass articles that still come up in and around Mysore, Madurai,... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,520
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olikara
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,740
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olikara
![]() And the piece is very very Hindu, not only because of the Cow part of it but also because of the Motifs near the cover end which are the most common on South India Hindu temple Ceilings as well as... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,740
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olikara
![]() Hello Fernando! I'm visiting the forum after a year and nice bumping into you!! Yes, it is a cow and is very Indian. I'd go further and put my money on South Indian! ;-) Nidhi |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,501
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olikara
![]() Great piece. Great patina on the wood too. But why do you say that the piece is Coorgi. I don't know much about firearms but was just curious. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,560
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olikara
![]() Ibrahim, Don't be annoyed now ;-) This Indian person is here to help. Matt: 1. The script should be read from the first photograph posted. Here the characters are placed correctly. The 2nd... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,748
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olikara
![]() It is only a 'local' dagger. You find similar pieces in India where a knife maker puts up a hilt and blade all depending on utility and some vague idea in his mind. The hilt (pommel, rather) here is... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,823
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olikara
![]() Jens, I agree wholeheartedly with your effort to help the owner of the Ayda Katthi. Thank you for directing me to the piece. I liked the piece especially on account of the date. Chris, I am sure... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,823
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olikara
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,823
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olikara
![]() Good question. Temples, Churches, Mosques and other religious places in India receive donations not only in cash but also functional items like cooking vessels (if the place has a communal kitchen),... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,823
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olikara
![]() You're welcome Jens. The piece is intriguing because of the language the date is written in. The writing is excellent and typical of that era. The patina is good and the inscription has set well into... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,823
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olikara
![]() Yes the text is in Malayalam, the language spoken in Kerala. It reads: 'Kumbalakaran ayyappan maryamba ambalathil koduthaddu 1888 Janavari' Which translates as: 'Given by Ayyappan of Kumbalam to... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 137
Views: 28,885
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olikara
![]() I'm 37 now. And to be honest, would not have branched out into collecting edged arms had it not been for this forum and Jim McDougall. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,000
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olikara
![]() The langet reminds me of the Shiite Alams carried during the Moharram processions in India. Have attached a picture of some alams from Hyderabad in the Deccan. But again, these flags/symbols (alams)... |
Forum: European Armoury
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Replies: 3
Views: 11,459
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olikara
![]() Alexander, Great work. Though I do not collect fireams myself, I found your post very enlightening. Nidhin Olikara, Shimoga, India |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,805
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olikara
![]() Hello Jim, The legible half reads as: 'Shri Dayal (Ji) Sairam (Das) Ji' which could be a name of the sword maker or owner. Dayal is a common North Indian Surname. While Sairam is actually the name... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,834
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olikara
![]() Ok, I am no Max Mueller, but I can read the Hindi text as: ' Shri SitaRam Ji Sahay Fakir Singh Ji (K') Lahour (Th') S(amvat) 1813 (K')' Which may be translated as: 'With the help of Sita and... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 7,594
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olikara
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 4,831
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olikara
![]() Why do you think it is from Southern India? The makara was as common up North as in the South. Again. the blade is Khanjar like and I think that the piece is from Northern India, probably... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 8,968
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olikara
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,121
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olikara
![]() A very beautiful piece. The decoration just below the hilt resembles the kirtimukha seen very frequently on Deccan door lintels. Nidhi |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 39,374
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olikara
![]() Pleaase take snaps of the Seringapatam pieces while you are there. Thanks. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,120
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olikara
![]() Jhony, It reads the same as it does in Arabic. Only that no Urdu speaker will understand it as only the script is common. Nidhi |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,780
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olikara
![]() Have sent you a PM. Chris, katar blades only 7 inches in length are not a rarity. I have seen blades even 5 inches long forged along with the grip. Generally Indian blades were shorter than the... |
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