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B.I · 23rd January 2007, 08:52 AM

Hi Joe,
The tusk blades you show are the ones mentioned by Jim, and were part of Clives estate in Powis. They are now with the elephant armour at Leeds Armouries, although they are too big to stick on the end of the mounted elephant tusks (without skewering the occasional passing schoolchild)
Jim,
I have the Sothebys catalogue, and the pair from Mysore (also illustrated in the Mysore armoury catalogue) are quite disappointing. The Powis pair are huge, and very heavy, leaving no doubt they were made for use and not ceremonial.
On the spearhenad, I go along with Jens and Jims summary. It has the asthetics of South India, but could easily (even more liikely) be from Sri Lanka.

23rd January 2007, 08:52 AM	#10
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	Hi Joe, The tusk blades you show are the ones mentioned by Jim, and were part of Clives estate in Powis. They are now with the elephant armour at Leeds Armouries, although they are too big to stick on the end of the mounted elephant tusks (without skewering the occasional passing schoolchild) Jim, I have the Sothebys catalogue, and the pair from Mysore (also illustrated in the Mysore armoury catalogue) are quite disappointing. The Powis pair are huge, and very heavy, leaving no doubt they were made for use and not ceremonial. On the spearhenad, I go along with Jens and Jims summary. It has the asthetics of South India, but could easily (even more liikely) be from Sri Lanka.