Subject: warrior
Setting: tribal warfare, Nagaland / Northeast Frontier of British India 19-20thc
Object: dao axe
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* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Axe (dha) Indian, Assam, Naga, early 19th century
This is typical of a large group of Assamese dha.
The wooden haft is ornamented with a fringe of human hair." ...
