Dao [.1] with flared single edged blade and wooden handle bound with cane, in a wooden sheath [.2]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dao [.1] with flared single edged blade and wooden handle bound with cane, in a wooden sheath [.2]
Long description: The blade has a partial stamp that reads "LLS" "No6". The handle has a brass hook screwed into the butt. This was presumably added when the object was displayed. The sheath is shaped like a bow tie (flared at both sides and narrow in the centre) It has been hollowed out through the centre for the blade to pass through it and has a carved hole on either side with a piece of string tied through them and knotted around the handle of the dao. [SM 04/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Angami 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 Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material String, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 115 mm dao, Width: max 179 mm sheath, Length: max 473 mm dao, Length: max 74 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.535.1 Accession number: 1923.84.535.2

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