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24th February 2025, 05:21 PM
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I should add that the blade seems village-quality blacksmith work, and the sheath is also locally made. It looks like a tool (machete). NE India/Himal areas sounds like a likely place, and one of the less common tribal groups may account for the lack of similar examples shown on this Forum (as best I can recall).
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6th March 2025, 11:24 AM
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I recently saw a small form of this open weave oblong basket and similar rectangular (but shorter handle and different binding style) in Nagaland. Sumi Naga.
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6th March 2025, 12:02 PM
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Here are some rectangular knives from that trip. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of that particular basket style. Top photo are kitchen knife sized while the second photo is short sword sized. I've also added two knives, carried by Rawang, I brought back from northern Myanmar, maybe 7 years ago, that were carried with open top basket as shown. None of which are a match to yours but do point to common use of forged rectangular utility blades from NE India and northern Myanmar Himalayan foothills region.
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