Subject: brahmin priest
Culture: Bengali, Nepali
Setting: Sakta Hinduism, Bengal-Nepal 18-20thc
Object: ram dao sword/axe
Royal Armouies Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Sacrificial swords (ram dao) Nepalese, early 19th century The ram dao, or kharga,
was used for the ceremonial decapitation of animals, usually goats or buffaloes, at religious festivals."
* Le Hussard
* Higgins Armory Museum
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