Naga dao

blacklacrau · 19th December 2007, 11:22 AM

Hi
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

Tim Simmons · 19th December 2007, 05:07 PM

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.

blacklacrau · 19th December 2007, 05:52 PM

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

RobT · 20th December 2007, 12:30 AM

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

blacklacrau · 20th December 2007, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobT

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

I do not know the book can i get a copy of this page?

Battara · 21st December 2007, 07:46 PM

I also believe that this is a chieftain's piece.

RobT · 21st December 2007, 11:19 PM

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

19th December 2007, 11:22 AM	#1
blacklacrau Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 50	Naga dao Hi 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 Attached Images

19th December 2007, 05:07 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,739	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
blacklacrau Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 50	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 Attached Images Last edited by blacklacrau; 19th December 2007 at 11:41 PM. Reason: New photos

20th December 2007, 12:30 AM	#4
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 452	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

21st December 2007, 11:19 PM	#7
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 452	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

21st December 2007, 07:46 PM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	I also believe that this is a chieftain's piece.