Ceremonial knife "dao" · India, Naga · ID: 3040331
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Size
H: 81,5 cm
H: 32.1 inch
Description
wooden shaft with encrusted black patina, the upper part decorated with bunches of goats hair dyed in red and black, broad iron blade, fixed with iron clip and rattan, slightly dam., paint rubbed off
The object Ceremonial knife “dao” with the object ID 3040331 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 57.
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Comparing literature
Oppitz, Michael, Naga Identities, Antwerpen 2008, ill. p. 81