- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sword [.1] with single edged blade and carved wooden hilt with rattan and cane basketry grip. [For sheath 1907.75.1 .2] [SM 06/09/2007]
- Long description
- Sword [.1] with single edged blade and carved wooden hilt with rattan and cane basketry grip. [For sheath 1907.75.1 .2] The blade expands along its length, but the spine curves down towards the cutting edge at the tip. The hilt is decoratively carved above the grip and projects to one side. It has a short hair tassel that is bound on to the end with string. [SM 06/09/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Kalimantan Mahakam River
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1907
- Date collected
- Before 1907
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1907
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Rattan Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Hair, Material Pigment, Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Basketry, Process Dyed, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 565 mm, Width: max 85 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1907.75.1.1
Other numbers: 4
1969.29.27Sword, talwar, with curved steel single edged blade and silver plated hilt with short quillons, langets and a disc pommel. [SM 05/09/2007]1969.29.27
1907.75.2.2Wooden sheath [.2] made in two parts and bound together with cane. Plaited cane and rattan strap with loop. For a sword [1907.75.2 .1] [SM 15/02/2007]1907.75.2.2
1888.42.5Sword with double-edged, grooved blade with round and heart-shaped perforations in the groove. [LM 24/10/2007]1888.42.5
1994.45.7.1Sword [.1] with hilt of split cane bound around a flat metal core. The sheath [.2] is made of a length of bamboo bent to form a three-sided edging to the blade, bound with cane and with a cord of twisted split cane. [El.B 29/06/2007]1994.45.7.1