Four Naga knives daos

Four Naga knives daos
Nagaland
with iron blades and wood handles, three rattan bound and with inset dyed hair and the fourth with an integral handle to the blade and with incised linear chevron decoration,
58cm, 63.7cm, 70.6cm and 76cm long. (4)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 246. (two with tapered blades)