117 - BURMA, AN UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY BURMESE DHA HMYAUNG DAGGER, PROBABLY FROM THE SHAN PEOPLE

BURMA, AN UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY BURMESE DHA HMYAUNG DAGGER, PROBABLY FROM THE SHAN PEOPLE Having curved steel single edged blade connected to wooden handle, housed in wooden scabbard being held together with later rope binding. N.B. unusual to see in a raw wood form, possibly was being prepared for restoration