Dao with broad short blade and wooden handle, bound near the blade with canework. The whole handle is lacquered black. The top half is decorated with a fringe of red, black and white hair. The blade is stamped 'Warranted Steel'. [El.B 04/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dao with broad short blade and wooden handle, bound near the blade with canework. The whole handle is lacquered black. The top half is decorated with a fringe of red, black and white hair. The blade is stamped 'Warranted Steel'. [El.B 04/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Konyak Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1919, uncertain Found unentered: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Dyed, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Length: max 770 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.515

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife

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