Naga Axe

[Bill M]

An archaic ax from the Kalyo-Kangyu Naga tribe. Heavy ax and shaft cover are made from one piece of iron that has a wooden core.

The head is facetted to one side and flat on the other, the neck and length of the shaft is incised with linear geometric shapes.

Photograph is from 1873. I have not seen any of these later than 1900.

[Dajak]

This is an nice axe Bill to me much better than the first one .

And gratulations that you get the catalogue an rare find

I did sell my big Naga collection in 2003 it is nice to see some one start collecting it . ( I only keep one brass piece but it is not an weapon)

Ben

[Bill M]

Thank you Ben, did not know that you had been a Naga collector. I greatly respect your knowledge and expertise. When you recommend a book, i usually get it if I can find it.

Here is another Naga dao similar to the last ax.