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Interesting Dha with Provenance
Here's an interesting sword from the National Maritime Museum, London.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/exp...cfm?ID=WPN1380 Quote:
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8th May 2007, 06:51 PM | #2 |
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Any UK members been to the NMM? If so, how's the weapons collection?
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14th May 2007, 11:04 AM | #3 |
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Hi Andrew ,
Interestingly enough I have been to the NMM on a few occasions in recent years but did not notice this ( presumably because I did not have any interest in edged weopans until recently ) . From what I remember the collection was made up mainly of "Nautical" ceremonial blades ( I think there was a short Japanese sword as well ) . I 'll try to go there again next time I'm in London . Britain is littered with war spoils from Burma especially cannons ( I think almost every castle I've been to has a Burmese cannon in its collection - perhaps an exaggeration I know but I've seen at least 6 in 6 different places ) and bells . The dha in your picture is a working man's all purpose dha ( in Burmese it would be in the Dha-ma or chopper category despite its length ) which would have been used for splitting wood as well as splitting other things . I used to have a picture of the common ( non uniformed and not part of the standing army ) Burmese soldier circa 18th century carrying one of these . If it came without scabbard and sometimes common soldiery may well have had to do without it would be termed dha-hlut literally meaning loose dha ( dha-lwe means dha worn over shoulder ). |
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