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					Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot
					
				 
				It's decorated in bubris or tiger stripes.  
I didn't read the description but bidders probably assumed it has 
some connection with Tipu Sultan. 
			
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 I suspect this is the answer. No attribution as such in the description but clearly bidders associated the tiger stripes on this katar with Tipu Sultan.