A Burmese Dha Dagger with Haunting Hilt

[Royston]

This is nice Charles.

I do not have anything like it myself but a friend has some carved hilts mostly of long thin birds, probably storks.
This one could have been carved by Edvard Munch perhaps

Roy

[Sajen]

Hello Charles,

was bidding also, beautiful little dha dagger. Could be a dha from a monk, priest or shamen, I see signs engraved at the backside of the handle.

Regards,

Detlef

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Charles,

was bidding also, beautiful little dha dagger. Could be a dha from a monk, priest or shamen, I see signs engraved at the backside of the handle.

Regards,

Detlef

Thanks Roy and Detlef. You are exactly right Detlef. It is a knife with religious connotations.