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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 258314, member: 2844&quot;]You&#039;re right, except it is missing the stabbing part. It is called a pata. This is a complete pata, made of steel, southern Indian:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attachment.php?s=953b751e133e19fa7f9bcab67b4446d5&amp;attachmentid=51382&amp;stc=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=92078" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=92078" rel="nofollow">http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=92078</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Azizu, yours was made by the Dhokra people in northeast India. The Dhokra are to be found in most of India, but this particular lost wax cast bronze style is native to the Damar Dhokra in the northeast. It is a very tribal style.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rajput states, in the northwest, would have had much more sophisticated patas, more like the one pictured above, from southern India.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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