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                                             Dha1

                                          

                                 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

                                                Dha2

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

Dha3

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

Dha4ဓ

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

Dha5

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

Dha6

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

Dha7

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

Dha8

                                         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

                                          

                                               Dha9

                                  

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

 Dha10

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.

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Dha11

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

Dha12

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

Dha13

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

Dha14

                                    

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

Dha15

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.

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Dha16

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

Dha17

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

Dha18

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

Dha19

 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

Dha20

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

Dha21

 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

Dha22

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

Dha23

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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