Milam
A peculiar double-edged sword of the Garo people.A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.Yanthang
Lotha Naga word for a group of large obsolete dao used in ceremonies.Noklang
Ao Naga word for a number of large, archaic swords used in ceremonies.Khasi dao
A peculiar type of two-handed sword from the Khasi Hills, Assam.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.Rare Modang Mandau
With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.Piso raout
A small utility knife used on the island of Borneo. Often carried with the Dayak mandau.Montagnard short saber
Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.Fine inlaid sikin panjang
Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.Sulawesi sword with VOC blade
A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade
With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.Preanger sword with VOC blade
Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.West-Javanese gobang
The sword of the Sundanese people of the Preanger highlands.Sumatran hilted Dutch saber
Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.Large Chinese hunting knife
With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.Uchigatana (打刀)
Japanese word for a single-handed curved sword, the predecessor of the katana.Sirōhī (सिरोही)
A town in Rajasthan known for its blade making industry, as well as a type of sword.Lóngyuān (龍渊)
The former name of Lóngquán, a famous sword-making town in China.Goat hilted Khyber sword
With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.Flame backed double swords
With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.Good late Qing Longquan jian
With bat-shaped guard. A very high-quality example for the time period.Solingen blade with pata hilt
Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.Bhutanese shortsword
From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.Rajput sosun pattah
With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.Sosun Pattah
With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.The O.T. Burne dha
With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.Kutch shamshir for Benson
Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh
A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.Nayar ritual sword
An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.South Indian pattissa
An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.Paṭṭiśaḥ (पट्टिश)
Language: Sanskrit
Origin: Dhanurveda of circa 1100-800 B.C.