- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife [.1] with single-edged blade and bone-plated grip. With decorated brass covered wooden sheath [.2]. [SM 16/03/2007]
- Long description
- Knife [.1] with single-edged blade and bone-plated grip. With decorated brass covered wooden sheath [.2]. The knife is decorated on the bolster with an incised zigzag pattern. The sheath is decorated all over with incised lines and punched holes which do not penetrate through the brass. The end is curved at 90 degrees to the rest of the sheath with a small bulbous chape. A small piece copper with two incised lines is wrapped around the sheath just above the chape. [SM 16/03/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- By 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1936
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Bone, Material Copper Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Decorated, Process Plated, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 405 mm knife, Width: max 44 mm knife, Width: max 60 mm sheath, Length: max 386 mm sheath
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1936.18.5.1 Accession number: 1936.18.5.2
1936.18.5.1
Knife [.1] with single-edged blade and bone-plated grip. With decorated brass covered wooden sheath [.2]. [SM 16/03/2007]
1936.18.5.1
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