I agree with Dennee, it does seem that the kora in Tibet would be an anomaly, but certainly not entirely discounted on an incidental basis.
As with most cultural diffusion with arms, any number of circumstances might account for these, but as far as a regularly present form of weapon in Tibet, the kora seems unlikely.
Gav, that image of the Sikh holding one of these very forms of kora is phenomenal!! and I am wondering if perhaps the connections between Nepal and Rajputs might account for this seemingly hybrid form of kora. As Dennee has mentioned, various forms of such hybrids have been seen as the tulwar hilted types, usually it seems in upper Bengal, and Nepalese regions.
It would seem that as closely as Rajput and Sikh were regionally to the west, that movements of such forms might have traversed into these areas, or perhaps the Sikh portrayed may have been alternately in more eastern area?
The tulwar hilted kukri is also well noted, and seems part of these hybrid anomalies.
When we first considered identification of this unusual kora bladed weapon of Gav's, it seems the Stone classification was the primary basis.
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