Slightly curved, flat wooden dao sheath with pointed end, open on one side, bound with 5 rings of twill plaited cane, 4 of which are woven together. For dao 1909.21.4.1. [LM 18/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Slightly curved, flat wooden dao sheath with pointed end, open on one side, bound with 5 rings of twill plaited cane, 4 of which are woven together. For dao 1909.21.4.1. [LM 18/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga; Singpho
Person: Field collector Robert Gosset Woodthorpe; PRM source Edward Thomas Wilson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Rattan Plant, Process Carved, Process Twill Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 615 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.21.4.2
Research and responses: For this type of Kachin dao see P.S. Rawson (1967) The Indian Sword, p. 126, Pl. 51. [LM 18/07/2007]
The dao is an agricultural implement - a multipurpose heavy knife [Encyclopædia Britannica Online: “Nagaland”], but seems to be commonly called a sword. [CF 4/1/2000]

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