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Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma), 1798. Stag antler grip with brass and silver
fittings. Scabbard of heavy silver over wood, with repousse'
decoration, and a dedicatory inscription reading "The dha of General
Thado Thiri Min Hla Ye Kaung," with the date 1160 in the Burmese
calendar, corresponding to 1798 C.E. in the Western calendar; the
reverse of the scabbard is inscribed with a second name, Maung Bo.
Overall length: 83 cm
Blade length: 62 cm
Handle length: 21 cm
Scabbard length: 66 cm
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Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). Late 18th or early 19th Century. Handle of
ivory and iron with silver and copper koftgari. The blade also shows
silver and copper koftgari, in a floral motif, on both the flat and
the spine. The simpler scabbard is likely a later replacement.
Overall length: 81.5 cm
Blade length: 59 cm
Handle length: 22.5 cm
Scabbard length: 61.5 cm
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219
Dha-lwe.
Southern Myanmar (Burma). 18th Century. The elaborate ivory carving
of the handle, pierced to reveal a reclining Buddha within, is a
representation of the Buddha on his death-bed entering Nirvana. The
crushed pommel is a common consequence of the use of thin silver
over a fragile resin core.
Overall length: 90 cm
Blade length: 59 cm
Handle length: 31 cm
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Daab.
Thailand. Early-mid 19th Century. Silver-covered.
Overall length: 75 cm
Blade length: 48 cm
Handle length: 27 cm
Scabbard length: 50 cm
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Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th or early 20th Century. Silver fittings
over wood, with silver koftgari decoration on the blade. Handle with
silver and black niello decoration. The
lotus pommel shows damage to the thin silver over a resin core, with
a recent repair. This kind of sword is referred to as a "story dha,"
because the blade decoration typically depicts a story from Burmese
folklore, or a Buddhist Jataka.
Overall length: 91 cm
Blade length: 65 cm
Handle length: 26 cm
Scabbard length: 66 cm
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Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma).
Mid-18th Century. Silver fittings over wood, with kofgari
decoration on the blade. Handle with silver and niello decoration.
The damage seen on the pommel is the result of crushing of the thin
silver over a fragile resin core. The scabbard is of teak or
mahogany, with silver fittings. This kind of sword is referred to as
a "story dha," because the blade decoration typically depicts a
story from Burmese folklore, or a Buddhist Jataka.
Overall length: 82.5 cm
Blade length: 61 cm
Handle length: 21.5 cm
Scabbard length: 62.5 cm |
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223
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). Early-mid 19th Century. Silver and copper
handle fittings. Teak scabbard with new silver fittings. Extensive
silver koftgari on blade and spine.
Overall length: 82 cm
Blade length: 62 cm
Handle length: 20 cm
Scabbard length: 64 cm |
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224
Dha-hmyaung.
Myanmar (Burma). Mid-late 19th Century. Matched set of small
knives with silver and copper handle fittings and silver koftgari on
blade. Very close match to AYW27.
Overall length: 25 c
Blade length: 14 cm
Handle length: 11 cm
Scabbard length: n/a |
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225
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). 19th Century. Handle of ray skin and brass.
Well-
made blade with a wide fuller.
Overall length: 80 cm
Blade length: 59 cm
Handle length: 21 cm |
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226
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). Mid-late 19th Century. A proportionally small
weapon, with silver koftgari on the blade. Handle of silver and ray
skin held in place with a pattern of brass tacks. The crushed pommel
is a common consequence of the use of thin silver over a fragile
resin core.
Overall length: 68 cm
Blade length: 49.5 cm
Handle length: 18.5 cm |
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227
Dha-lwe.
Burma. Mid- to late-19th Century. Hilt is wrapped with white ray
skin
secured by small brass nails and flanked with copper ferrules inlaid
with silver wire. Blade is heavily
inlaid with silver, depicting scenes from Burmese history and
accompanying Burmese text. Scabbard is
a 20th Century replacement.
Overall length:76.8 cm
Blade length:57 cm
Handle length:19.8 cm
Scabbard length:57.3 cm
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228
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). Mid-late 20th Century. Brass fittings, stainless
steel blade, shark/ray-skin grip.
Overall length: 72.5 cm
Blade length: 52.5 cm
Handle length: 20 cm
Scabbard length: 55 cm |
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229
Dao.
Myanmar (Burma) Kachin Hills. Mid-to-late 19th Century. Wooden
grip with brass ferrule and ivory pommel cap. The blade shows a
folded serpentine pattern in the steel, and a
hardened edge. Typical open-face scabbard, with rattan shoulder
loop. A talismanic jungle cat jaw
fragment is attached to the shoulder loop.
Overall length: 64.8 cm
Blade length: 48 cm
Handle length: 16.8 cm
Scabbard length: 67 cm |
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230
Dao.
Myanmar (Burma) Kachin Hills. Late 19th century. Ivory and wood
handle, with lacquered cord grip. Laminated blade with a punched
serpent design. Typical open-face wooden scabbard, with rattan
shoulder loop.
Overall length: 58.5 cm
Blade length: 46 cm
Handle length: 12.5 cm
Scabbard length: 56.5 cm
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231
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma) Kachin Hills. Mid 20th Century. Brass and rattan
fittings. Running tiger stamped at blade forte.
Overall length: 71 cm
Blade length: 51 cm
Handle length: 20 cm
Scabbard length: 55 cm
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232
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Northern Thailand. Mid- to late-19th
Century. Hilt is wood flanked by two long silver ferrules. Blade is
laminated steel with hardened edge.
A thin fuller runs the length of the blade and the tip is squared
off. Scabbard is a 20th Century
replacement.
Overall length: 72.8 cm
Blade length: 49.8 cm
Handle length: 23 cm
Scabbard length: 51.4 cm |
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233
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma).
Late 19th
Century. Light, differentially hardened pattern-welded blade in
recent polish. Lacquered cord-wrapped handle with brass fittings.
Date inlaid in brass at forte in Burmese (1242 Chulasakarat -- 1880
C.E.). Appears in an early 20th Century British arms catalogue (W.D.
Oldman).
Overall length: 91 cm
Blade length: 65 cm
Handle length: 26 cm
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234
Daab. Thailand.
Late 19th Century.
Heavy brass fittings with recent brass repairs. Brass anchor inlaid
at blade forte.
Overall length: 92 cm
Blade length: 60.5 cm
Handle length: 31.5 cm
Scabbard length: 63 cm |
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Dha-lwe/daab. Myanmar (Burma), or Thailand.
Early 20th Century.
Brass fittings, Thai penny set in pommel.
Overall length: 66.5 cm
Blade length: 43.5 cm
Handle length: 22 cm
Scabbard length: 47 cm |
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236
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma).
Mid 20th Century.
English produced weapon. Stamped “BP4” (Burma Police) at forte.
Brass fittings.
Overall length: 77 cm
Blade length: 56.5 cm
Handle length: 20.5 cm
Scabbard length: 59 cm |
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Dha-lwe/daab. Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Northern Thailand.
Early 18th Century.
Handle of ivory and silver. Scabbard of teak or mahogany with
silver fittings. The blade is very well-made, with a clear, delicate
temper line showing differential hardening of the edge.
Overall length: 76 cm
Blade length: 50 cm
Handle length: 26 cm
Scabbard length: 51.5 cm |
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238
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Northern Thailand. 19th
Century.
Handle of silver over wood, with a woven silver wire grip;
scabbard of teak or mahogany, with an old repair near the tip; the
blade is very well-made, with a wide visible temper line showing
differential hardening of the edge.
Overall length: 84 cm
Blade length: 61 cm
Handle length: 23 cm
Scabbard length: 63 cm |
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239
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th Century.
Silver,
copper and braided rattan fittings.
Overall length: 89.5 cm
Blade length: 63 cm
Handle length: 26.5 cm
Scabbard length: 66 cm
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240
Dha-lwe/daab. Myanmar (Burma), or Northern Thailand. Mid-19th
Century.
Hilt is a
segment of bamboo with a rich golden patina, flanked by a silver
ferrule and a brass cap. The blade has a heavy patina and shows
evidence of laminated construction. Decorations along the back edge
of the blade are typical of Northern Thailand or Laos.
Overall length: 74 cm
Blade length: 57 cm
Handle length: 17 cm
Scabbard length: 64 cm |
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241
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th Century.
Rattan
wrapped handle, silver fittings. Old blade repairs evident.
Overall length: 83.5 cm
Blade length: 53.5 cm
Handle length: 30 cm
Scabbard length: 60 cm
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242
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma). Early- to mid-19th Century.
Blade is of
saber form in the Shan style, with laminated steel construction, a
hardened edge and a peaked spine. Utilitarian hilt of blind tang
construction, with a wooden core wrapped with thin plaited rattan
rings and flanked at each end with iron ferrules. Scabbard is
lacquered and of typical form with two pieces of wood held together
by plaited rattan strips. An old inscription in Burmese script has
been punched into the scabbard.
Overall length: 85.5 cm
Blade length: 59 cm
Handle length: 26.5 cm
Scabbard length: 60.5 cm
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243
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma) Shan States. Late 19th Century.
Handle and scabbard of wood, bound with braided rattan rings. The
pommel cap, and the spacer between the blade and handle, are of
carabao (water buffalo) horn, pegged in place.
Overall length: 86.5 cm
Blade length: 57 cm
Handle length: 29.5 cm
Scabbard length: 61 cm
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244
Daab. Thailand. Early-19th Century (Rattanakosin period).
Hilt is a
blind tang construction, with a wooden cylinder wrapped with many
thin strips of plaited rattan. A circular brass insert is present a
centimeter from the end of the blade. The scabbard has been
lacquered and still has its faded red cord baldric for carrying the
sword slung over a shoulder.
Overall length: 78 cm
Blade length: 50 cm
Handle length: 28 cm
Scabbard length: 51 cm |
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245
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma). Mid 20th Century.
Rattan and
brass mountings covered with pitch. New textile baldric and white
Buddhist string bindings. Blade engraved with Buddhist
inscriptions/blessings.
Overall length: 69.5 cm
Blade length: 48 cm
Handle length: 21.5 cm
Scabbard length: 51 cm
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246
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma). Late 18th or early 19th Century.
Carved ivory handle depicting stylized monkeys and a dragon or
demon, likely representing characters from the Ramayana epic.
Overall length: 64 cm
Blade length: 41 cm
Handle length: 23 cm
Scabbard length: 49 cm |
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247
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma). Mid 20th Century.
Rattan and
silver mountings with textile baldric.
Overall length: 66.5 cm
Blade length: 41 cm
Handle length: 25 cm
Scabbard length: 44 cm |
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248
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Northern Thailand. Late
19th or early 20th Century.
Silver fittings over wood. The central grip section is of
lacquered cord or rattan.
Overall length: 71 cm
Blade length: 45 cm
Handle length: 26 cm
Scabbard length: 49 cm |
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249
Dha-lwe. Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Northern Thailand. Late
19th or early 20th Century.
Silver fittings over wood. The central grip section of braided
rattan rings. Circular maker's mark on blade, filed with black
resin, showing some loss.
Overall length: 73 cm
Blade length: 47 cm
Handle length: 26 cm |
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250
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Northern Thailand. Mid-19th
Century.
Heavy blade with a "turtle" maker's mark (also called the
"bitter melon seed"). Fittings of silver over wood, with applied
silver wire and bead decoration. Middle grip section of braided
rattan rings.
Overall length: 81.5 cm
Blade length: 51 cm
Handle length: 30.5 cm
Scabbard length: 53.5 cm
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251
Dha-lwe.
Myanmar (Burma) Kachin States. Late-19th or early-20th
Century.
Wooden hilt
and scabbard are covered with silver sheeting and silver wire
decoration. Grip section is covered with woven silver wire. Hilt is
capped with a silver lotus bud pommel. Blade is laminated steel.
Overall length: 84.5 cm
Blade length: 52.5 cm
Handle length: 32 cm
Scabbard length: 58.5 cm |
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252
Daab.
Northern Thailand or Yunnan Province, China. Early 20th
Century.
Pewter and
rattan fittings with Chinese decorative motifs.
Overall length: 86 cm
Blade length: 53 cm
Handle length: 33 cm
Scabbard length: 55 cm |
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253
Dha.
Northern Burma (Myanmar) or Yunnan Province, China. Late 19th
Century.
Blade is
laminated steel and spatulate in shape. Heavy silver fittings over
wood on the hilt and scabbard. Various semi-precious stones set into
silver fittings on scabbard and a large turquoise set into the end
of the hilt. Scabbard has two suspension rings in the Chinese style.
Overall length: 81 cm
Blade length: 55 cm
Handle length: 26 cm
Scabbard length: 56 cm |
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254
Daab. Northern Thailand/Laos (Lanna region). Early 19th Century.
Silver fittings over wood, in high-relief repoussé decoration.
The central grip section is of woven silver wire. Overall this blade
is of unusually large proportions.
Overall length: 102 cm
Blade length: 58 cm
Handle length: 44 cm
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255
Daab.
Northern Thailand/Laos (Lanna region). 19th Century.
Silver fittings over wood, with high-relief repoussé decoration.
The central grip section is of alternating braided rings of light
and dark rattan. The silver pommel button is a later replacement for
what was likely a lotus-shaped pommel similar to No. 38.
Unusual whorled decoration engraved on both sides near the blade
tip.
Overall length: 77 cm
Blade length: 42 cm
Handle length: 35 cm |
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256
Daab. Thailand. Mid Ayutthaya period ( 17th – 18th Century).
Iron and
textile fittings, gold koftgari.
Overall length: 91 cm
Blade length: 57 cm
Handle length: 34 cm
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257
Daab.
Thailand. Mid Ayutthaya Period (17th - 18th Century.)
Iron fittings with silver and gilt decoration. Grip sections of
lacquered pattern-wrapped cord. Blade with inserted edge
construction, showing also a differentially tempered edge.
Overall length: 85 cm
Blade length: 52 cm
Handle length: 33 cm
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258
Daab. Thailand. Late-18th or early-19th Century (early Rattanakosin
period) in an earlier Ayutthaya style.
Heavy
silver fittings to the hilt and scabbard demonstrating typical Thai
motifs. Two areas of braided and ridged cord wrapping to the hilt.
Black lacquered wooden scabbard with silver fittings to the throat
and toe. Onyx stone set into the end of the hilt.
Overall length: 93 cm
Blade length: 56 cm
Handle length: 37 cm
Scabbard length: 66 cm |
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259
Daab. Thailand. Early- to mid-Rattanakosin Period (18th - 19th
Century).
All silver fittings over wood, with delicate chased design on
the handle. The middle portion of the grip is of woven silver wire.
Loss of the internal supporting resin has resulted in cracking of
the thin pommel cap. The simpler scabbard is likely a later
replacement.
Overall length: 91 cm
Blade length: 55 cm
Handle length: 36 cm
Scabbard length: 57 cm |
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260
Daab. Thailand.
Mid- to late-19th Century (Rattanakosin Period).
Long,
segmented silver hilt. Scabbard is wood covered with silver sheet.
Blade is laminated and has a hardened edge. Overall, an unusually
long sword.
Overall length: 100 cm
Blade length: 59 cm
Handle length: 39 cm
Scabbard length: 62 cm
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261
Daab. Thailand.
Late Rattanakosin Period (19th - 20th Century).
All silver fittings, over wood. Heavy blade with strong
triangular section. The yellow cord baldric is a recent replacement.
Overall length: 84 cm
Blade length: 50 cm
Handle length: 34 cm
Scabbard length: 52 cm
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262
Daab.
Thailand. Mid-19th Century (Rattanakosin Period).
Horn hilt
with silver ferrule and cap. Heavily repoussed silver fittings to
the wooden scabbard. Scabbard is red painted wood with a prominent
toe. Silver fittings show Buddhist themes. Blade is laminated and
has a hardened edge. The blade tip is an unusual form that indicates
ownership by a person of high rank.
Overall length: 74 cm
Blade length: 45 cm
Handle length: 20 cm
Scabbard length: 54.5cm
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Cambodian dha.
Late 19th Century.
Wire-wrapped hilt over a wooden core with metal ferrules at each
end. There is a small circular guard of iron. The blade resembles
Thai daab of the same period, and has engraved designs along the
back of the blade and just below the guard. The black wooden
scabbard has a prominent pointed toe and a brass strip at the
throat.
Overall length: 76 cm
Blade length: 56.5 cm
Handle length: 19.5 cm
Scabbard length: 58.5 cm
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264
Daab. Thailand, Laos or Vietnam “Montagnard”. Late 19th Century.
Brass and
rattan fittings. Pitch covered scabbard.
Overall length: 75.5 cm
Blade length: 48.5 cm
Handle length: 28 cm
Scabbard length: 50.5 cm
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265
Daab. Thailand, Laos or Vietnam “Montagnard”. Early 20th Century.
Brass and rattan fittings, recent baldric replacement.
Overall length: 95 cm
Blade length: 43 cm
Handle length: 52 cm
Scabbard length: 52 cm |
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266
Daab. Northern Thailand, Laos or Vietnam “Montagnard”. Mid- to
late-19th Century.
Laminated
steel blade. Long wood hilt wrapped with sections of rattan and
twisted cord; long ferrule and small brass guard. Lacquered,
rattan-wrapped wooden scabbard.
Overall length: 87 cm
Blade length: 42 cm
Handle length: 45.5 cm
Scabbard length: 41.5 cm
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Short pole arm. Northern Thailand. Late 19th Century.
Heavy blade
with inserted hardened edge, and brass inserts along the spine of
the blade and on each face. Inscribed line decorations on the blade
typical of North Thai or Lao work. Handle is bamboo with metal
ferrule. No scabbard.
Overall length: 75.5 cm
Blade length: 24 cm
Handle length: 51.5 cm |
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268
Chopper. Thailand. Early 20th Century.
Heavy
blade, silver and wood handle fittings with wood/braided rattan
scabbard. Similar to the Indonesian wedung and Nepalese kukri.
Overall length: 43 cm
Blade length: 26 cm
Handle length: 17 cm
Scabbard length: 30 cm |
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“Priest Knife.” Thailand. Late 20th Century.
White metal
and horn fittings. Blade with rebated edge and Buddhist
inscriptions.
Overall length: 23 cm
Blade length: 13 cm
Handle length: 10 cm
Scabbard length: 14 cm |
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"Priest knife." Thailand. 19th Century.
Ivory handle with silver fittings and a band of red gold.
Scabbard of rosewood and silver. Blade with incised design.
Overall length: 30 cm
Blade length: 17.8 cm
Handle length: 12 cm
Scabbard length:18.8 cm |
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Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th Century.
Ivory and
silver fittings. A “prayer” knife.
Overall length: 13 cm
Blade length: 8 cm
Handle length: 5 cm
Scabbard length: 8.25 cm |
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272
Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma), or Northern Thailand. Early 19th
Century.
Silver fittings, with talismanic jungle cat fang handle.
Overall length: 33 cm
Blade length: 18 cm
Handle length: 15 cm
Scabbard length: 21.4 cm
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273
Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th Century.
Boar tusk and silver fittings.
Overall length: 23 cm
Blade length: 14 cm
Handle length: 9 cm
Scabbard length: 16.5 cm |
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Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th Century.
Ivory and silver
fittings.
Overall length: 22 cm
Blade length: 12.5 cm
Handle length: 9.5 cm
Scabbard length: 14 cm |
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Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma). Late 19th Century.
Ivory handled, silver
fittings.
Overall length: 27 cm
Blade length: 17 cm
Handle length: 10 cm
Scabbard length: 18 cm |
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Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma). Early 21st Century.
Brass and rattan
fittings. Newly manufactured by Karen Tribesmen.
Overall length: 30 cm
Blade length: 20 cm
Handle length: 10 cm
Scabbard length: 22 cm
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277
Dha-hmyaung. Myanmar (Burma) Shan States, or Southern Yunnan. Early
19th Century.
All silver fittings over wood. The blade shows a hardened edge.
The scabbard has a round cross-section, typical of this style.
Overall length: 42 cm
Blade length: 22.5 cm
Handle length: 19.5 cm
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278
Riding Crop. Thailand. 20th Century.
Textile
crop, silver fittings with hidden knife in handle. Replica of Thai
royal crest on pommel.
Overall length:16.6 cm
Blade length: 8.4 cm
Handle length:8.2 cm
Scabbard length:8.4 cm
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Dheng (shield). Thailand. 18th Century.
Heavy rawhide, painted, with eight metal rivets holding a vertical
wooden grip to the back side.
Height: 76 cm
Width: 35.5 cm
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"Warrior" marionette. Burma. Late 18th or early 20th century.
Wooden body under layered clothes, head of painted wood and
plaster. One of the standard characters in the Burmese puppet
theater, the Warrior carries a sword of dha form, and wears a war
hat and coat of a form typical in both old Burma and old Thailand.
Height: 72 cm
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“King” Marionette. Burma. Late 18th or early 20th century.
Wooden body under layered clothes, head of painted wood and
plaster. One of the standard characters in the Burmese puppet
theater, the King carries a short, straight sword of an ancient form
associated with royalty.
Height: 73.5 cm
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