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dennee · 9th November 2006, 12:18 AM

It's real, and it is unusual. Strikes me as fairly recent. It's a Lepcha (Rongpa) "ban" from Sikkim. (I think Stone made the original attribution to Bhutan. I think there may be a handful of Lepchas there.)

9th November 2006, 12:18 AM	#4
dennee Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: College Park, MD Posts: 186	It's real, and it is unusual. Strikes me as fairly recent. It's a Lepcha (Rongpa) "ban" from Sikkim. (I think Stone made the original attribution to Bhutan. I think there may be a handful of Lepchas there.)