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Tim Simmons 22nd November 2006 06:03 PM

Fun trade mark on Naga Dao.
 
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I got this nice old Dao from ebay. For some reason there was only one other bid so i got it for a song. Shown here with one that does not look quite as old. I like this bare feet trade mark. Maybe some rural tool collector knows more about it. It could be from Britain or British India.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...py/NAGA008.jpg

Tim Simmons 22nd November 2006 06:07 PM

More pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...py/NAGA008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...py/NAGA001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...py/NAGA007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...happy/NAGA.jpg

Ian 22nd November 2006 06:49 PM

Perhaps formerly a hoe ...
 
Rawson says that many of the 19th C and later Naga dao were made from hoes stolen from British tea plantations (owing to the shortage of good iron and steel in the area). This may be an example of such a dao that was made from a hoe.

Ian.

Battara 22nd November 2006 07:16 PM

I guess Santa Clause comes to Nagaland too (Hoe, Hoe, Hoe... :D ).

Tim Simmons 22nd November 2006 07:41 PM

jingle bells :D :D :D :D :D


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