- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife [.1] with single edge blade and wooden handle bound with cane. Wooden sheath [.2] bound at six points with cane. [SM 18/05/2007]
- Long description
- Knife [.1] with single edge blade and wooden handle bound with cane. Wooden sheath [.2] bound at six points with cane. Both the knife and sheath are bound with plaited cane. The sheath is made from two pieces of wood and has notches around the tip. [SM 18/05/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921
- Date collected
- By 1921
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 06/1921 Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Notched
- Dimensions
- Width: max 60 mm sheath, Width: max 45 mm knife, Length: max 438 mm knife, Length: max 237 mm sheath
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.69.117.1 Accession number: 1928.69.117.2
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