Cover of Dao

National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy

Title : Cover of Dao

Accession No : 05/118/D/NHHM

This is a cover of a Dao or a big knife made of thread. It is colourful and rectangular in shape. It can be tied around the waist. There are tassles hanging from it, Blue and purple colour threads are used in it. Some shells are weaved on it to create decorative pattens.

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Source

  • RepositoryNational Crafts Museum and Hastkala Academy
  • CollectionMuseum Collection

Provenance

  • CountryIndia
  • StateNagaland

Condition

  • ConditionGood
  • Action NoteCNR

Dimensions

  • Measurement (CMS)59x7

Description

  • DescriptionThis is a cover of a Dao or a big knife made of thread. It is colourful and rectangular in shape. It can be tied around the waist. There are tassles hanging from it, Blue and purple colour threads are used in it. Some shells are weaved on it to create decorative pattens.
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  • Reference"Jain, Jyotindra and Aarti Aggarwala. National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 1989. Chattopadhaya, Kamaladevi. Handicrafts of India. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Research, 1975."
  • KeywordDao Cover, Cloth, Thread, Shell