Dao with single edged expanding blade and bamboo haft bound with plaited red cane and orchid stem with a red goat hair fringe.

Collection type: Object
Description: Dao with single edged expanding blade and bamboo haft bound with plaited red cane and orchid stem with a red goat hair fringe.
Long description: Dao with single edged expanding blade and bamboo haft bound with plaited red cane and orchid stem with a red goat hair fringe. The blade has a slightly curved cutting edge and expands along its length to a wide concave tip. the haft is bound with plaited red cane at the join with the blade and a larger band of basketry cane and orchid stem. The goat hair is attached in tufts into holes in the haft butt. [SM 06/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Chang Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1947
Date collected: Before 1947
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Cane Plant, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Pigment, Material Iron Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Basketry, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 730 mm, Width: max 79 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.7.15