Dao from Naga of Assam ?

[Ian]

Hello Thomas and welcome to the Forum!

This unusual style of sword is said to come from the Garo people. Ian Heath's volume on the NE Frontier* shows a picture of the Garo's weapons and also a number of line drawings of Garo warriors carrying these swords. I have copied those figures here.

The Garo are an ethnic group distinct from the Naga and have a fairly wide distribution in NE India as well as Bangladesh.

Ian.

* Ian Heath. Armies of the Nineteenth Century: Asia. Volume 3: India's North-Eastern Frontier. Foundry, 1999.

[thomas hauschild]

Thanks a lot for the pictures. I was not realy sure which would be the right way to hold. This is also clear now.

Best regards and thanks a lot for your help

Thomas

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Salaams, thomas hauschild, I dug up a couple of indicators on this weapon which is a Twa Hander!! The Garo Dao.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[thomas hauschild]

Thanks a lot Ibrahim.

It´s great to get in contact to people all over the world with that knowledge. This forum is realy great.

Best regards Thomas

[naorem]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Salaams, thomas hauschild, I dug up a couple of indicators on this weapon which is a Twa Hander!! The Garo Dao.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

Good morning

Regarding the above message and picture of Garo dao you have share, please share me detail about the book. Name of the book and author and publisher

thank you
naorem arun singh
nas7naorem@gmail.com

[Ian]

Marcus: Good find! These are scarce and do not come up very often.

Naorem: The pictures shown by Ibrahiim, are from Stone's Glossary (on the left) and Rawson's "The Indian Sword" (on the right). Both of these are out of print but readily available through used booksellers.

Ian.

[Tim Simmons]

I would of loved to have one of these.

[Bob A]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

I would of loved to have one of these.

Keep alert. I see a couple offered for sale every year.