Accession No.	20
English Name	Hooked Doa
Local Name	Wait Bnoh
Broad Classification	Cutting tool
Community to whom it belongs	Khasi
Place of Collection	Khasi Hills
Source of Collection	Purchased
Date of Collection	1976
Method of Collection	Purchased
Brief Description		Sketched drawing
Size: Maximum Length : 120 and 1/2" Component parts: Handle and blade Constituent materials; Iron and wood. Description: The handle is elongated in form and circular in diameter. It attains the length of 4 and 3/4" and having the diameter of 1". The body of the handle is decorated with a number of incised circles. The free end is squarely cut. The opposite end is provided with a vertical groove for setting the blade in position. The blade is broad, thin and flat. It attains the length of 6" and its maximum breadth is 2 and 1/2". It has two working edges. One of the edges is sharp and straight, while the other edge on the opposite side is deeply serated. The free end of the blade is squarely cut. Measurements: Maximum length of the tool : 10 and 1/2" Maximum length of the handle : 4 and 3/4" Maximum length of the blade : 6" Maximum breadth of the tool : 2 and 1/4"
Accession No.	21
English Name	Warrior knief
Local Name	Wait Kynda
Broad Classification	Cutting tool
Community to whom it belongs	Khasi
Place of Collection	Khasi Hills
Source of Collection	Purchased
Date of Collection	1976
Method of Collection	Purchased
Brief Description		Sketched drawing
Size: Maximum length : 24" Component parts: Blade, handle metallic rings Constitutient material: Iron, wood and brass rings Description: It is a cutting tool consisting of two parts (I) handle and (ii) blade Handle: The wooden handle attains the length of 13". Its wall is circular all along its length attaining the maximum diameter of 1 and 1/4" at the free end and minimum diameter of 1" at the opposite end which receives the blade. The handle is fitted with circular brass rings at different parts of the body. The wooden structure is curved. Blade: the blade is a flat piece of iron assuming the form of the letter "s". It has a sharp cutting edge only on one side. The other side is blunt. The upper part of the blade is in the shape of a bill-hook. It measures 11" in length and attains maximum breadth (2") in curvature. Measurement: Maximum length of the tool : 24" Length of the handle: 13" Length of the blade: 13" Maximum diameter of the handle: 1and 1/4" Maximum breadth of the blade: 2"
Accession No.	22
English Name	Knife
Local Name	Tari dab
Broad Classification	Cutting tool
Community to whom it belongs	Khasi
Place of Collection	Khasi Hills
Source of Collection	Purchased
Date of Collection	1976
Method of Collection	Purchased
Brief Description		Sketched drawing
Size: Maximum length : 7" Component parts: handle and blade Constituent material: Iron, plastic and nail. Description: It is a knife having the length of 7". It consist of two parts - handle and blade The blade is made of iron . It is a flat piece. It has a sharp cutting edge only on one side. This side is straight. The opposite side is blunt and curved. The curved side gradually diminishes in breadth from the middle and tapers to a sharp point with the straight cutting edge at the free end. The opposite side of the blade is squarely cut across only leaving a thin extended part along the margin of the blunt curved side. This extended part is about an inch or two in length and ends in a flat structure with a very small perforation at the tip. The lower part of the blade is fixed up with the upper part of the handle with the help of a small nail. This fixation is flexable. It is made in such a way that the blade maybe conviently moved forward for bending and taking it back to its normal position. The handle in its frontal lateral margin is provided with a very narrow groove all along its length. so that the working edge of the blade remains within the gap of the groove. The handle is slightly curved at the backside. Its terminal end is somewhat pointed. It is made of plastic. Measurements: Total length of the knife: 7' Total length of the blade: 3 and 1/2" Total length of the handle: 3 and 1/2" Maximum breadth of the blade: 1'
Accession No.	142
English Name	Betelnet chopper
Local Name	Dong - Khylliat
Broad Classification	Cutting tool
Community to whom it belongs	Khasi
Place of Collection	Khasi Hills
Source of Collection	Sri. K. Lyngdoh
Date of Collection	1984
Method of Collection	Purchased
Brief Description		Sketched drawing
Brief Description: Component parts: Tubular body and the cutter. Description: The instrument is divided ito two separable parts: tabular body and the chopper or cutter. Tabular body: It is a metallic tabular hollow body closed at one end. The other end is open. There is a rim like structure around the free edge of the tube. The ube is again made of brass. It attaisn the length of 4 & 1/4 inches. The Diameter of the hollow is 1 inches. Chopper or Cutter: The cutter consists of three parts: wooden handle, metallic ferrule and metallic elongated chopper with shart cutting edge at the end. The entire structure assumes the form of a screw driver. The wooden handle is solid but globular in form. It has a short and slender neck which receives the tang of the elongated metal blade. The joining is bounded by a metallic ferrule. The body of the elongated piece is circular all along its length except the working edge. The working edge has been hammered to make it flat transversely and thereby the edge becomes sharp when the upper and lower surfaces meet together. Measurementss: 1. Length of the tabular body- 4 & 1/4 inches. 2. Uniform diameter of the body-1 inches. 3. Total length of the chopper- 6 & 1/4 inches. 4. Breadth of the working edge of the chopper: 1/2 inches.
Accession No.	143
English Name	Betelnut chopper
Local Name	Dong - Khylliat
Broad Classification	Cutting tool
Community to whom it belongs	Khasi
Place of Collection	Khasi Hills
Source of Collection	Sri. K. Lyngdoh
Date of Collection	1984
Method of Collection	Purchased
Brief Description		Sketched drawing
Brief Description: The betelnet chopper consists of two separable parts. They are a tube like structure closed at one end and open at the other. The another part is a screw driver like instrument. The screw driver like instrument is divided into 3 parts- handle, ferrule and elongated metal rod terminating into a flat cutting edge. The wooden handle is somewhat globular in shape. Ferrule, a metal ring is filled at the joining point where the rod is introduced into the handle. The rod is elongatted, slender and circular in diameter. Its distal end is converted into a flat and sharp working edge in the form of the working end of a screw driver. Total length of the chopper is 7 inches. The container is a metal tube having the diameter of 1/2 inches. Its one end is closed while the opposite end is open. Measurements: 1. Total length of the container: 4 inches. 2. Maximum diameter of the container: 1/2 inches. 3. Total length of the chopper: 7 inches. 4. Length of the wooden handle: 2 inches. 5. Height of the ferrule: 1/4 inches. 6. Length of the rod: 4 & 3/4 inches. 7. Breadth of the cutting edge: 1/2 inches.