Dao

Description

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

Museum reference

A.1936.541

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Dao, Chopper

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sema Naga

Materials

Iron, Wood, Cane, Hair

Physical description

Triangular iron blade, one face ornamented with rows of punched triangles; wooden haft partly bound with red and yellow cane, with fringes of red hair attached at butt

References

Jacobs, J., The Nagas, London, 1990, p. 243 bottom and p. 246 - 247 for related items