Knife [.1] with single edged blade and wooden hilt bound with plaited cane. With wooden sheath [.2] also bound with cane. [SM 16/05/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife [.1] with single edged blade and wooden hilt bound with plaited cane. With wooden sheath [.2] also bound with cane. [SM 16/05/2007]
Long description: Knife [.1] with single edged blade and wooden hilt bound with plaited cane. With wooden sheath [.2] also bound with cane. The knife blade curves to a pointed tip. The hilt is bound with four bands of plaited split cane just below the blade. The sheath is made from two pieces of carved wood bound together with three bands of plaited split cane. [SM 16/05/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Manipur
Cultural groups: Thado
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; Field collector James Philip Mills; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source John Henry Hutton; PRM source James Philip Mills; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1939?, uncertain
Date collected: ?By 1939
Acquisition information: Donated: 08/1942, uncertain Found unentered: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 232 mm sheath, Length: max 462 mm knife, Width: max 49 mm knife, Width: max 62 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.8.79.1 Accession number: 1942.8.79.2 Other PRM accession number: 1942.8.79a Other PRM accession number: 1942.8.79b

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