dao
- Museum number
- As1901,0605.53.a
- Description
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Dhao, sword made of iron, wood, lacquer.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.20 centimetres
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Weight: 655 grammes
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Width: 63.60 centimetres
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Depth: 4.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register comment: 'Sword with square ended iron blade. Handle of black lacquered wood. Sheath consisting of a piece of flat lacquered wood bound with strips of plaited cane, whcih keep the blade in position. Attached is a belt of plaited cane by strips of black and white cane parallel to the sheath. Chunduri (or Chunduru?). Burma. Given by The Comtee [Committee] Indian Section Paris Exhibn 1900.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1901
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1901,0605.53.a
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: As1901A0318.53