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Originally Posted by Rumpel
Hi,
Firstly, the sheath and inlay on the handle are silver- or "silver"- rather than brass. Blame the poor photography for the yellowish tinge...
The closest parallel I could find is on p.45 of this book: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T...bichaj&f=false
The bichaq (spelled bichaj  ) shown there is practically identical, save for being slightly longer, and dates from the turn of the 18th/19th centuries. |
Here's an enlargement of the image referenced above to more easily facilitate a comparison of the two:
