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>>1837 Khond warrior
Subject: tribal warrior
Culture: Khond
Setting: Chota Nagpur 19thc
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Context (Event Photos, Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, Field Notes)


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* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"...  The principal weapon of the Khond tribes was the two-handed axe. It is distinguished by its wide variety of often multiple-pointed blades.  Tongi is the Hindi name for them; indigenously, they were called pharetri."


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