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Chang

Dao (hair knife) of a respected warrior of the Konyak/Wancho Naga. Ritual weapon

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Naga (in Banpara)
Object type
Dao knife
Dimensions
Weight: 1 kg
Height: 79 cm
Width: 18 cm
Depth: 7,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Metal , Plant fibre, Hair
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28184 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland
    who
    Konyak / Wancho
    Naga (in Banpara)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Eduard von Ohlendorff 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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