Rare Vietnamese pellet bow set
An exceedingly rare set with fine mother of pearl inlaid string board
Unusual Vietnamese trường đao
With forward swept iron guard and swollen grip.
A Tonkinese saber
Northern Vietnam, 19th century
17th century Vietnamese lance
With a black and gold metal sleeve, often called "sawasa".
Japanese inspired Asian sword
Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees who settled along the coast.
Ntugalu
Kachin name for a long straight sword.
Very good Mindan dha
With silver overlay on iron even continued on its hilt.
Mindan Ramayana dha
Fine Mindan dha with a scene from the Ramayana on its blade.
Silver mounted dha
With entirely silver covered hilt and silver mounts on scabbard.
Mindan dha
Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.
Rare bird dha
One of the rarest forms of dha, with a hilt and scabbard carved like a bird.
Burmese dha with interesting blade
With inscriptions on blade, unusual grooves, and brass inlaid copper mounts.
Mainsa dha
Term coined by Bell in 1907, describing a dha that by then was mainly of Chinese make.
One of my favorite items...
... and it is not even a weapon!
Vietnamese wooden shield
Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.
Vietnamese shortsword
A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.
Very fine Mindan dha
Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.
Dha with story of Maung Tin
Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.
Chinese demon head saber
Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt
Group of arms from Tonkin
Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.
Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
Tonkinese saber
Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.
Nimble Vietnamese saber
With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.
Montagnard short saber
Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger
A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.
Broad Vietnamese knife
Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.
Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.
Súng hỏa mai
Vietnamese word for matchlock musket.
The O.T. Burne dha
With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.
Vietnamese single edged spearhead
Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.
Chin nicotine flask
A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.
A streaked lin gin
These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha
Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.
A sawasa hunting hanger
Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.
Wood hilted dahmjaun
With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.