Currency dao with bamboo handle and subquadrangular blade expanded at the end.

Collection type: Object
Description: Currency dao with bamboo handle and subquadrangular blade expanded at the end.
Long description: Currency dao with bamboo handle and subquadrangular blade expanded at the end. The handle is bound with bands of plaited cane. [El.B 31/08/2011]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Pochuri; Rengma Naga; Tangkhul Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: November 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 675 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1785
Research and responses: During a visit of Naga elders and tribal leaders in June 2025, members of the delegation identified misspellings of village names and provided updated tribal affiliations for objects and ancestors associated with certain villages. In consultations with Talamong Khiamniungan, Executive Chairman of the Khiamniungan Tribal Council, the following information was confirmed: Meluri village, now part of Meluri district, is a Pochury Naga village. It was agreed that Pochury Naga would be added to the cultural group field for all objects and photographs from Meluri. [JMC 17/07/2025]

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