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A NAGA DAO SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
A NAGA DAO SWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Kachin work, the grip with typical flared pommel and bone finial inlaid with horn device, the grip wrapped with braided rattan and covered in red lacquer, the ferule of brass and finely-wrought of silver. The stout, chisel-edged blade with characteristic flared tip, with layer-forged construction visible near the cutting edge. In its carved wooden scabbard with rattan bindings, the shoulder-sling embellished with a partial jawbone retaining several teeth, one quite large. Late 19th century. Light wear overall. Overall length 77.8 cm. Condition II