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Subject: tribal warrior
Culture: Khond
Setting: Chota Nagpur 19thc
Object: pharetri, tongi, bullova ax






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* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Group of axes (tongi)  Indian, Orissa, Khond, 19th century
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."











* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Axe (tabar)  Indian, Chota Nagpur, early 19th century
This is a fine quality presentation weapon,  probably  made 
as an example of the craftsmanship of the area for the Great Exhibition.  
In form, however, it is the same as the ordinary axe used in Chota Nagpur." ...