Tungi
| Tungi | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Axe |
| Use: | weapon |
| Working time: | til today |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , Khond tribe |
| Distribution: | India |
| Handle: | Wood |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Tungi is a light battle ax of the Khond tribe (also Khands) from India .
description
The Tungi has a blade that protrudes over the handle and is curved at the cutting edge. From the rear edge of the cutting edge it runs back to the front and then up to the booklet. The handle is round and relatively thin for a battle ax. The ax blade is attached with an eye into which the handle is inserted.
See also
literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (Reprint), page 642.
- Diagram Group: The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to the 21st Century. St. Martin's Griffin Publishing House, 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-36832-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ W. Francis: Vizagapatam District Gazetteer, 1908, ISBN 9788120608115 , page 70, [1]