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1964.11.16.1

Knife [.1] & sheath [.2]. [FB 13/01/2014]


1964.11.16.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Knife [.1] & sheath [.2]. [FB 13/01/2014]
Long description
Knife [.1] & sheath [.2]. The knife has a wooden handle & one-edged straight iron blade (of dao type). The wooden sheath is made in two halves, bound in two places with woven with cane-strip. Wrapped around the sheath is a plaited cotton cord with white, grey, pink & black strands, for carrying. [FB 13/01/2014]
Geographical reference
Son La
Cultural groups
Thai
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Musée de l'Homme
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1931
Date collected
circa 1931
Acquisition information
Donated: 1964
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Cane Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 40 mm, Length: max 370 mm, Width: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1964.11.16.1 Accession number: 1964.11.16.2 Other numbers: 31.42.295 -1, 2
Research and responses

These items were received in exchange for items from the Reid collection:1946.7.96 - 124. [CF 22/9/2000]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Knife, Sheath, Dagger