Indeed the swords and axes from these regions do not resemble a Kora overall, but nothing else really does either, not even the Kukri, except they may now and then share the hilt types...but then these OLD Kora types noted as Tibet do not follow the common hilt form either.
With regards to the image I placed above, from left to right it was Kachin, Naga, Kachin.
With regards to (and although undocumented), the tip note I have throw out there to ponder, what other weapons have these concave tips like this...none come to mind except the dao and axes from the regions of Assam and Northern Burma.
Specifically looking at the known Indian Kora and the known Nepal Kora, the large ends look rather like an Indian Elephant ear,right down to the central point, important animals to the regions and the religions...not so important in Tibet...so IF these narrow old Kora with the protrusions are Tibetan, what form was the tip styled on?
Gavin
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