- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife , parang, with curved, expanded, single edged blade and brown wooden hilt with decoratively carved butt. [SM 04/01/2008]
- Long description
- Knife , parang, with curved, expanded, single edged blade and brown wooden hilt with decoratively carved butt. The blade is curved and blunt ended. The cutting edge is convex and the spine is concave. The hilt has a brass mount at the join with the blade. The hilt is also curved and the butt is carved with a scrolling design. [SM 04/01/2008]
- Cultural groups
- Malay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1926
- Date collected
- 1886 -1926
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1945
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 598 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.6.52
1945.6.52
Knife , parang, with curved, expanded, single edged blade and brown wooden hilt with decoratively carved butt. [SM 04/01/2008]
1945.6.52
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