Two dao from Arunachal Pradesh

[Nathaniel]

Sajen, Thanks for sharing! Fantastic to know the providence. Nice handcraft. Very interesting to see this type of dao and how wide spread it was in the in the region of what is modern day northwestern India and Northern Burma! Thanks for sharing guys!

[Sajen]

Thank you Nathaniel, these daos are seldom to seen on the market but I find them most intersting.
I've just cleaned the other blade and also this one is very well worked. I'll give it an etch the next days and will post pictures soon as possible.

Regards,
Detlef

[Jens Nordlunde]

Miguel,
This is not what I was looking for, but it has the same kind of blade.
It is shown in Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883, plate XXXI. The text says. 'Lachman Usta, maker. Armoury of H.H. The Maharaja of Jhallawar.

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Miguel,
This is not what I was looking for, but it has the same kind of blade.
It is shown in Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883, plate XXXI. The text says. 'Lachman Usta, maker. Armoury of H.H. The Maharaja of Jhallawar.

Hi Jens,

Thank you for your comments and pics you kindly posted. The bottom sword does have a similar shape to mine but it is down curved and not up curved like the Dao. It actually reminds me a little of the Kora Don't you think? I would very much like to see the sword held by the stone statue, when convenient, particularly the way it is held as this should indicate whether or not it is down curved, also the date of the statue if possible. Thanks again for your time.
Best wishes
Miguel

[Sajen]

The other dao blade is cleaned now but not etched, here some pictures.