Two ceremonial knives "dao" and a ceremonial spear ·  India, Naga · ID: 3038058

Description

wooden shafts with encrusted black patina, the upper parts decorated with bunches of goats hair dyed in red and black, broad iron blades, fixed with an iron clip and rattan, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, traces of usage and corrosion, l: 72,5 cm; spear with wooden shaft, in some areas decorated with tufts of goat’s hair, dyed in reddish brown and cut in one length, fixed by plant fibre binding, lancet-shaped tip, iron nozzle at the bottom, with traces of corrosion, l: 176 cm

The object Two ceremonial knives “dao” and a ceremonial spear with the object ID 3038058 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 27 achieved a sales price of EUR 330 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Somaré Grata, Vigorelli, Leonardo, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 27