Sword (dao) [.1] with blade broadening towards the tip with scrolls ?etched onto the blade, and with wooden lacquered hilt bound with copper alloy near the blade, with bone pommel. Wooden sheath [.2] of a flat board bound with bands of plaited cane and with cane belt. [El.B 02/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword (dao) [.1] with blade broadening towards the tip with scrolls ?etched onto the blade, and with wooden lacquered hilt bound with copper alloy near the blade, with bone pommel. Wooden sheath [.2] of a flat board bound with bands of plaited cane and with cane belt. [El.B 02/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Assam
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1929
Date collected: By 1929
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1929
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Bone, Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Etched
Dimensions: Length: max 610 mm, Length: max 700 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1929.79.2.1 Accession number: 1929.79.2.2