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Originally Posted by josh stout
A friend of mine found me a knife like this in Qinghai province in 1993 while pretending to be an ethnic Moslem to escape travel restrictions on westerners. I understood the knife to be made by ethnic Tibetans. In general, the layered pattern of metals and horn in the handle and pommel is quite similar to Eastern Tibetan styles such as this one:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j6...E5AEB600-1.jpg
Are the Bao An ethnic Tibetans, or are they a separate ethnic group, perhaps like the Yi with a Tibetan influence?
Thanks,
Josh |
I will post some Tibetan Dao or dagger. See if they can help you. My opinion is the dao you post is a Tibetan dao, although it's not the normal style.
ZhenJie Wu