ျမန္မာျပည္မွ ေရွးက်ဓါးမ်ဳိးစံု ၂

                                             Dha24
                              

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

 Dha25

 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

 Dha26

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

 Dha27

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

 Dha28

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

 Dha29

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

 Dha30

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

 Dha31

 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

 Dha32

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

 Dha33

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

 Dha34

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

Dha35

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:

Dha36

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

Dha37

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

Dha38

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

Dha39

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

Dha40

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

Dha41

Riding Crop. Thailand. 20th Century. Textile crop, silver fittings with hidden knife in handle. Replica of Thai royal crest on pommel

A collection of fine Naga spears
Naga land, Assam, Burma

                                        

A fine grouping of Naga spears.

This grouping of spears are from the Nagaland/Assam regions and the northern border regions of Burma.
Each spear is made from bamboo being both black bamboo and another more typical type found in the regions.
Each end is fitted with an iron spear head and butt spike.
The spear shafts are bound with dyed goat hair and twine with the mid section without hair for gripping the spears.

A fine and interesting selection of spears measuring from 165-185cms long.

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