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Hi! everyone
I have a few dha handles to identify. I know that the forum has some specialists of this weapon. Thanks to then for enlightening an amateur on their provenance. I was also wondering about the recursive subject of the sculpture. The one I have seem to have a "monster" bearing a prince on their back. I thought of Satsuma carried by Kalmasapada, but I don't even know if they exists in the local folklore. Thanks to all of you |
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Hi Cedric:
Good to see another dha fancier on the forum. Lovely carved hilts. All of these appear to be Burmese in origin, or at least in the Burmese style. Many of these hilts are also given a provenance of "hill tribe" -- indicating they may be from the NE area of Burma, traditionally a Shan region but with other ethnic groups as well. I don't think all of these examples are necessarily Shan or from that area. I have not seen this form of intricate ivory carving, which resembles Chinese carving in style (sometimes with a figure inside the network of vines and leaves), on Thai, Lao or Cambodian knives and swords. The Shan were originally from China and were forced south in the 13-14th C., so a link to traditional Chinese ivory carving would make sense. Ian. |
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Ian would it be correct to say that all of these examples so far are not temple or priest hilts?
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I placed a pic in Dahb's hilt thread here...
http://www.gun.in.th/webboard/index....threadid=10923 Comments will be translated for you ![]() |
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PUFF:
What is the dahb directly above the hilt that you posted on that thread? Ian. Quote:
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It 's oval x-section style, found in the northern part of Thailand. We are going to classify this style as an oval hilt family. One guy said that the wooden ones are copies of a silver one. And one guy suggested that the style might be inspired by japanese one.
We still don't know about the carved one. One one guy mentioned that the style could be burmese. |
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I think that is correct Jose. These are usually seen on knives made for cutting and stabbing rather than for spiritual purposes.
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