- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife [.1] with curved single edge and rounded wooden handle, with wooden sheath [.2]. [El.B 1/6/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Malay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1926
- Date collected
- 1886 -1926
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1945
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Length: max 257 mm, Length: max 280 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.6.45.1 Accession number: 1945.6.45.2
- Research and responses
Parang: a large heavy sheath-knife used by the Malays for various purposes, esp. as a weapon.[Source: OED Online] [MR 3/8/2000]
1945.6.45.1
Knife [.1] with curved single edge and rounded wooden handle, with wooden sheath [.2]. [El.B 1/6/2007]
1945.6.45.1
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