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17th December 2012, 07:50 PM
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Hello Rick, I am not sure if it should be an elepfant.  The seller write in his description ram head, a good imagination IMHO. Tim, yes there are elephants in Burma. That it could come from there is an option. Regards, Detlef |
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17th December 2012, 08:05 PM
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Hello Detlef, Like Rick I am pretty sure that this is supposed to represent an elephants head with the trunk and the short tusk shown quite clearly. The small ears would be an Asian elephant if memory serves me correctly. How the seller could see a rams head in this carving is beyond me.
Regards, Robert |
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17th December 2012, 08:40 PM
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have to agree, I have seen in the tusks the mouth of the figure. So is Tim maybe correct, Thailand, Burma seems a very good point. Hope that someone will be able to tell us more. Regards, Detlef |
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21st December 2012, 10:26 PM
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the scabbard looks Burmese or Thai...nice win!
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23rd December 2012, 02:20 AM
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The dagger arrived today so here are a few pictures. The hilt material does not look like the water buffalo horn that I am used to seeing. There are a couple of pictures of the blade where I tried to show the pattern in the steel that did not turn out very well but will still give an idea of what it looks like. There are also a couple pf pictures that show the decorations on the top and bottom scabbard bands. I hope that these might help in placing where this dagger originated. Thank you all for your help so far and I am looking forward to any other comments anyone would like to offer.
Regards, Robert |
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23rd December 2012, 02:22 AM
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Last of the pictures.
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23rd December 2012, 02:22 AM
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Yup those are tusks and the material seems to be horn.
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23rd December 2012, 02:32 AM
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Jose, do you have any thoughts on where this might have originated from ?
Regards, Robert |
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