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>>1839 Cantonese manbing
>>>saber
Subject: 民兵 man4bing1 militiaman
Culture: Cantonese Chinese
Setting: Liangguang 19thc
Object: 牛尾刀 ngau4mei5dou1 ox tail saber, 短刀 dyun2dou1 short saber
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* Hanwei #SH2063
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​* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
​"Double sword (shuangdao)  Chinese, 18th century  This dainty pair of swords have 
​the reeded ebony grips found on a group of 18th-century Chinese swords.  They are
flat backed, in order to fit together in a single scabbard." ...​
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​* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Sword (dao)  Chinese, 18th century
The blade of this sword is similar to that of a crescent-moon glaive, but its light weight
​and slender proportions show that it was made originally as a sword." ...
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​* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Great sword (dadao)  Chinese, 17th century
The blade is decorated with an exquisite engraved dragon.
The sword was rehilted in its present form in the 19th century." ...
"Sword (dao)  Chinese 17th century
The heavy blade of this sword was originally made as a 
crescent-moon glaive, mounted on a long haft.  It has been
remounted as a sword in the 19th century." ...

​* Hanwei #SH1011
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