Chopper

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"108. Hacking knife - "Golog".The blade of this axe-shaped weapon is wide, short and very heavy, not damascened; the hilt of buffalo horn, shaped like that of a sabre and very beautifully carved. The wooden sheath decorated with wide silver rings, above and below with nicely carved horn edging and besides that, covered on both sides with black and white diamond-shaped plates of horn. This hacking knife is not only used as a weapon, but also for difficult wood and bamboo work. It is only worn by the common man, tied with a cord around his body."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 23). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller