19th December 2007, 11:22 AM | #1 |
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Naga dao
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I´m new on this. I bought this piece a months ago. Can anyone give me some information about, history,age...authenticity Thanks Best regards |
19th December 2007, 05:07 PM | #2 |
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How heavy, thick is the blade? It is difficult to see the cutting edge from your picture with so much surface rust to be confident about age, I susspect pre ww2. If it is a nice cutting type of blade then I can see nothing a miss about it. Some people say that if it has black hair decoration then it is older than the ones with red hair, personally I do not believe this. Yours certainly has the appearance of some age hopefully it is a good blade. They are still in use in some parts. I have a few picture of {Burma} Naga with working doa I will post.
This is helpful. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=naga+weapons The quality of the blade may mark it out as a weapon or more modern festival piece. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 19th December 2007 at 05:34 PM. |
19th December 2007, 05:52 PM | #3 |
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New Photos naga dao
New photos from the naga dao a bit more clean of rust.
it seems me that he has some kind of metal in the iron, a type of golden metal but is not copper. A reinforcement?? the weight is 550g all piece and is 3 mm thickness i hope that it was useful best regards Last edited by blacklacrau; 19th December 2007 at 11:41 PM. Reason: New photos |
20th December 2007, 12:30 AM | #4 |
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Ang Dao
Hi Blacklacrau,
P. S. Rawson in The Indian Sword on pg 58 lists your piece as one of the ceremonial and obsolete dao of milemnok descent of the Ang people. Congratulations, I think you have a very rare piece. Sincerely, RobT |
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21st December 2007, 07:46 PM | #6 |
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I also believe that this is a chieftain's piece.
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21st December 2007, 11:19 PM | #7 |
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Have book, no scanner
Hi Blackiacrau,
I have the book but no scanner. Perhaps someone on the forum with both could make a scan and email it to you. The book was published in 1969 by Arco Publishing Company, 219 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003. The copyright was 1968 by P.S. Rawson. Arco catalogue number 668-01830-5. Library of Congress number 69-11144. It's a good book to get if you can. Sincerely, RobT |
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