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Knife making
  • Manage No PI00003217
    Country Uzbekistan
    ICH Domain Knowledge and practices about nature and the universe, Traditional craft skills
Description Knife is the most ancient daily object of humanity and it was invented in the late Paleolithic period. Initially knife was used to prepare hunting weapons and labor devices. Settled and half settled population’s demand was high for knife. Initially knife making developed as an independent branch of blacksmith in Fergana valley and have been evolved in Chust, Shahrikhon, and Kokand. Craftsmen had their own traditional style which had ethno-territorial characteristics.
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