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Ethnologisches Museum Süd- und Südostasien Naga-Sammlung [I C 28370 b]
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Sword (dao)

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Description

The sword consists of an axe-like part made of iron and a wooden hilt. This particular sword or machete is decorated with tufts of hair and used mostly for ritual purposes. Daos without ornamentation are used as a tool or weapon, for example in headhunting. They are still commonly used by all Naga groups today.

Material/Technique

Metal; Wood; hair

Measurements

Object: 70 x 15 x 7 cm

Links / Documents

Created Created
1851
Borduaria-Naga
Arunachal Pradesh
Collected Collected
1892
Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers
1850 1896
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