Dao, knife with expanding blade with a barb and a spike at the end. With brass grip with a flat guard and a band of cane. With a long fringe of red and black goat hair. [El.B 20/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dao, knife with expanding blade with a barb and a spike at the end. With brass grip with a flat guard and a band of cane. With a long fringe of red and black goat hair. [El.B 20/07/2007]
Geographical reference: Bangladesh
Asia > Southern Asia > Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts
Cultural groups: Mara
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Cane Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Decorated, Process Bound, Process Cast
Dimensions: Length: max 440 mm without hair
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.79.2

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