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THB19th C. Indian Naga Wood & Iron Sema Dao w/ Hair Tassel
Lot 109
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring antiquities, ancient and works of art ranging from the third millennium BCE to the present from China, Japan, South and Southeast Asia, and Korea. Including jades, bronzes, lacquer, textiles, paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, and other art forms in other media. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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South Asia/Southeast Asia, India/Burma (present day Myanmar) border, Nagaland, Sumi Naga people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An intimidating axe known as a sema dao comprised of a large steel blade and a long wooden handle with tassels of coarse hair, possibly horse or goat, dyed red and yellow. The handle is painted with a lustrous black pigment. A cloth and rattan strip are woven around the neck of the axe head. The tufts of hair are inserted into drilled holes along the upper half of the handle and several tufts at the top are cut into short bristles. Dao were both ceremonial and utilitarian tools that symbolized manhood, and wives often gave husbands daos as gifts to symbolize his responsibilities to protect, hunt, and farm. Size: 32" L x 4" W (81.3 cm x 10.2 cm)
The name Naga is given to a series of hill tribes in southeastern Asia. Scholars posit that the name of these people's may in part derive from their worship of snakes; Naga was the Hindu cobra deity. Naga may also stem from the Hindustan word "nag" which means mountain. For more information about the Naga people please reference J. H. Hutton's "The Sema Nagas" (1921).
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#161262Black pigment is chipping from handle. Abrasions, nicks, and chips to wood. Stable hairline crack on wood near rattan strip. Blade has heavy patina.Condition
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