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Dao
A dao taken by Claudius Scruton Poole AB at the bombardment and burning of Zooloo, a pirate village in NE Borneo by HMS 'Kestrel' on 21 October 1879. Steel bladed sword with carved ivory pommel, a tuft of human hair on top. In a carved wood and hide sheath decorated with plaited bindings of raw hide and a tuft of hair. A long-handled knife in attached sheath.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2812 |
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| Collection: | World Cultures |
| Type: | Dao |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Kestrel 1872 (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1879 |
| People: | Sea Dyak Peoples; Poole, Claudius Scruton |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: | Dao |