Running tiger mark

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Detail, Kachin dha “Running Tiger” maker mark.

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

The mark of a running tiger is found on blades made by the Kachin and Achang people in the region of Hussa (Husa), Yunnan, a province of China bordering Burma. 


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