Sword or knife with single-edged blade set in wooden handle bound with plaited rattan. For sheath see 1909.21.3 .2. [LM 18/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword or knife with single-edged blade set in wooden handle bound with plaited rattan. For sheath see 1909.21.3 .2. [LM 18/07/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga; Adi; Midu
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 Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Rattan Plant, Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 445 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.21.3.1
Research and responses: For a similar dao (Abor [Adi] or Mishmi type) see P.S. Rawson 1967, The Indian Sword, p 127, Pl. 52. [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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