22nd September 2018, 11:02 AM | #1 |
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COORG/MALABAR KATTI
HERE IS A RECENT ACQUISITION WHICH HAS COME FROM THE COORG REGION IN KARNATAKA,INDIA ,BEING CLOSE TO KERALA IT COULD BE FROM THE MALABAR REGION
A ADYA KATTI IN COORG AND A MALABAR SACRIFICIAL SWORD IN KERALA REGION |
22nd September 2018, 12:34 PM | #2 |
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Excellent!
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22nd September 2018, 12:44 PM | #3 |
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Thanks,also known as moplah swords,cheers
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22nd September 2018, 04:44 PM | #4 |
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Very Nice, and I believe older than the typical example.
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23rd September 2018, 08:44 AM | #5 |
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What a nice weapon my friend!
What is the size and why the tip is protected? Can you tell us more? Thanks Kubur |
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25th September 2018, 10:36 AM | #7 |
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[QUOTE=Kubur]What a nice weapon my friend!
What is the size and why the tip is protected? Can you tell us more? Thanks Hi Kubur This Katti measures about 19 inches in length, i assume that the tip is covered with metal covering could be to protect the warrior from the pointed tip of blade when he carried it as it could inflict a wound.Thats what my guess is??? Someone else could know more about these weapons if the covering was for a functional purpose or Decorative. Thanks Again Rajesh |
25th September 2018, 12:21 PM | #8 |
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Egerton's book has a similar example that he lists as Coorg and describes simply as a "chooper." That one does not have a covering to the tip.
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Thanks Ian
regards |
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i suspect it either is s it is for some cultural purpose in a ceremony and the item was not used as a weapon and so has be made this way.. or it applies to some odd colonial weapons laws that effect the point of the weapon.. like the spanish had in some of their colonies with pointed tools and weapons.. it definitely has no practical use. |
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8th October 2018, 02:58 PM | #11 |
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I dont think it is an Ayda Katti, and according to Egerton he did not think so either. But it is interesting all the same.
Page 79 no 98 Sickle-shaped Weapons or Impliments. Coorg. Nos 190 and 128 are Ayda Kattis. |
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Thanks Jens
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