Dha sword, Southeast Asia, 19th century.

length in scabbard 890 mm, length of sword 887 mm, length of head 570 mm, width of head at base 26 mm, thickness of back at base 12 mm, weight of sword 620 g, weight of sword in scabbard 875 g.

The hilt is open, wooden, round in cross-section, octagonal in the lower part, ending in a prominent turban-shaped head. Covered with smooth sheet metal in the lower part, above with bands decorated with fine geometric ornamentation and wrapped with rattan thread in the middle part. Steel hilt, smooth, single-edged, slightly curved, widened in the lower part. Long, double-edged blade, the hilt in the line of the back. P o c h w a s made of two connected strips of bamboo, wrapped with three narrow brass bands decorated with geometric ornament and two wider bands decorated with ornament made in filigree technique. The shank is smooth, decorated with a fine ornament. All metal parts - the handle head, the handle and scabbard bands and the viscera, made of silver-plated and patinated brass.

Dha is a Burmese word meaning "knife" and "sword." A term used in Southeast Asia, especially in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
state of preservation: 5-/5-/5/