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VANDOO · 23rd November 2007, 04:07 AM

I AGREE WITH PHILIP, THESE SETS HAVE OFTEN BEEN PRESENTED TO FORIGN DIGNITARYS AS THEY ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND DISPLAY WELL IN THEIR RACKS. THERE WAS A SET IN A LOCAL MUSEUM HERE YEARS AGO THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO T.L. OSBOURN A TRAVELING INTERNATIONAL EVANGILIST. I HAVE ALSO SEEN TWO EXAMPLES THAT WERE PART OF A TRIBAL INDIAN LODGE HERE IN OKLAHOMA SO THEY DO GET AROUND.

YOU CAN STILL FIND SMALL MINATURE SETS FOR SALE IN THE ORIENT TODAY.

I THINK THEY WERE ONLY USED AS CEREMONIAL ITEMS IN THE TEMPLES AS WELL AS CARRIED IN SOME CEREMONYS AND PROCESSIONS. THEY ARE VERY COOL ITEMS, THEY WERE NOT WEAPONS BUT THEY DID NONE THE LESS SERVE AN ETHINOGRAPHIC ROLE .

23rd November 2007, 04:07 AM	#11
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I AGREE WITH PHILIP, THESE SETS HAVE OFTEN BEEN PRESENTED TO FORIGN DIGNITARYS AS THEY ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND DISPLAY WELL IN THEIR RACKS. THERE WAS A SET IN A LOCAL MUSEUM HERE YEARS AGO THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO T.L. OSBOURN A TRAVELING INTERNATIONAL EVANGILIST. I HAVE ALSO SEEN TWO EXAMPLES THAT WERE PART OF A TRIBAL INDIAN LODGE HERE IN OKLAHOMA SO THEY DO GET AROUND. YOU CAN STILL FIND SMALL MINATURE SETS FOR SALE IN THE ORIENT TODAY. I THINK THEY WERE ONLY USED AS CEREMONIAL ITEMS IN THE TEMPLES AS WELL AS CARRIED IN SOME CEREMONYS AND PROCESSIONS. THEY ARE VERY COOL ITEMS, THEY WERE NOT WEAPONS BUT THEY DID NONE THE LESS SERVE AN ETHINOGRAPHIC ROLE .