- 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]
- Cultural groups
- Thai
- 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]
1964.11.16.1
Knife [.1] & sheath [.2]. [FB 13/01/2014]
1964.11.16.1
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