Nepalese da'o sacrificial weapon - Lot 413

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Nepalese da'o sacrificial weapon - Lot 413
Nepalese da'o sacrificial weapon Steel partly inlaid with brass, wood with brass rings for the handle Nepal, 18th/19th century L. 56.8 cm The blade of this da'o takes the form of a rhinoceros head, and features applied brass elements, including a frieze inlaid on each side with rosette decoration. The eye is represented by brass inlays. For a sacrificial weapon of the same type, see : G. C. Stone (1961), A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, in all countries and in all times, New York: Jack Brussel, fig. 671, p. 524.
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