dao
- Museum number
- As.7541.a
- Description
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Dao, knife made of metal, wood, string.
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.70 centimetres
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Weight: 495 grammes
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Width: 75.10 centimetres
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Depth: 5.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Label text "Shan dah obtained at Hosha, Yunnan by Dr Anderson 1868"
Dao means knife in Chinese not Shan (Tai)
Blade length 50cm
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As.7541.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1871C1.7541a (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: As1871C1031.12