Dao or all-purpose chopper used for agriculture, house building, woodcarving and warfare: South Asia, India, Assam, Khasi and Jainta Hills, Naga, late 19th century

Dao or all-purpose chopper with an iron blade, and wooden handle decorated with tufts of red goat's hair and bound with red rattan: Assam, Konyak Nagas

Dao or all-purpose chopper with iron blade and a wooden handle decorated with tufts of dyed goat's hair, brass wire and dyed cane: Assam, Ao Naga

Dao or all-purpose chopper with an iron blade, with a curved cutting edge, a wooden shaft bound with brass wire below the blade, and a tuft of red goat's hair at the butt: Assam, Nagas

Dao or all-purpose chopper with an iron blade, with a projection at the back, and a wooden shaft ornamented with tufts of dyed goat's hair: Assam, Konyak Nagas

Dao or all-purpose chopper with triangular iron blade, one face ornamented with rows of punched triangles, and wooden haft partly bound with red and yellow cane, with fringes of red hair attached at butt: Assam, Sema Naga

Dao or all-purpose chopper with a long iron blade and a wooden handle, used for agriculture, house building, woodcarving and warfare: India, Assam, Nagas

Dao or axe with an iron blade expanding towards the distal end, and a tang inserted in a long wooden handle: Assam, Nagas

Dao or axe with a long iron blade expanding towards the distal end, and a tang inserted in a wooden handle bound with rattan: Assam, Nagas

Dao or axe with a long iron blade expanding towards the distal end, and a tang inserted in a wooden handle bound with rattan and ornamented with tufts of mithun hair dyed black and red: Assam, Nagas

Dao holder of wood, roughly rectangular with a blade slot, with engraving on outer face, attached is a belt of blue cloth with red wool embroidery and goat's hair fringes: Assam, Sema Nagas

Dao holder consisting of an incised and elongated wooden block, worn in the small of the back, and a red woven belt with central decoration and goat's hair fringes dyed red: Assam, Sema Nagas

Hatchet or dao with head, probably of iron, attached to a thick wooden shaft covered with a pitch-like substance and with braided decoration of red and yellow bands, and plaited and matted lengths of probably dyed goat's hair: Indian, Assam, Naga, late 19th - early 20th century

Sword or dao with a steel blade with single, straight cutting edge and wooden hilt bound at the base with a broad metal band, probably of silver, with an ivory pommel, probably a chief's ceremonial weapon: Asia, South Asia, North East India or Northern Myanmar, Naga, 19th - 20th century

One-sided dao sheath of wood, painted red on external face and the lower portion of the internal face, and with rattan bands or plaits, used to hold the blade in place: Asia, South Asia, North East India or Northern Myanmar, Naga, 19th - 20th century