Dao with flat, broad, expanding blade with a barb, with grip covered with hide with hair still attached. With a plume of red goat hair at the end. [El.B 20/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dao with flat, broad, expanding blade with a barb, with grip covered with hide with hair still attached. With a plume of red goat hair at the end. [El.B 20/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Assam Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalaya
Cultural groups: Thado
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: 1931
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Goat Skin Animal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Material Iron Metal, Process Dyed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length: max 570 mm without plume
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.816

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife

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