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Kachin dha from Burma with “Running Tiger” maker mark.

Code SA14

A Kachin tribal sword with a blade originating in Yunnan province of China.

The blades with the running tiger mark are made by Kachin smiths in Yunnan, a province of China that borders Burma. The mark carries the meaning, "sword make tiger run away".

See Kachin Dha (Burma)


Detail, Kachin dha “Running Tiger” maker mark.

The running tiger mark, stamped on blade forte of this Kachin Dha. Rarely seen.

Map-China Yunnan

Yunnan Province, China
To the south west lies Myanmar (Burma)


Atkinson Collection: Swords and Knives by David J. Atkinson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License