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1949.8.12.1

Dao [.1] (or dah) with solid carved ivory handle, brass-mounted, sheath [.2] covered with brown velvet, bound with 3 ribbon bands of gold thread.

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1949.8.12.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Dao [.1] (or dah) with solid carved ivory handle, brass-mounted, sheath [.2] covered with brown velvet, bound with 3 ribbon bands of gold thread.
Person
Field collector Howard family
PRM source Edward James Lugard
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1860
Date collected
By 1860
Acquisition information
Donated: 08/1949
Materials and processes
Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Material Brass Metal, Material Velvet Textile, Material Gold Metal, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1949.8.12.1 Accession number: 1949.8.12.2

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife, Sheath, Dagger

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