View Single Post
Old 12th January 2025, 11:40 PM   #11
JeffS
Member
 
JeffS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Singapore
Posts: 401
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveF View Post
Thanks for the comment, Ian. It's nice to have at least one thing in my collection that I know to be a product of great generosity, rather than spoils of war/conquest, which I assume to be more common.
Indigenous communities are often very generous. Over the years, spending time in villages, after expressing interest and appreciation of their traditionally made tools, I have been gifted or inexpensively sold amazing pieces.Sadly, these skills are fading quickly.
JeffS is offline   Reply With Quote