Richly chased and mounted dagger [.1] with carved ivory hilt and wooden sheath [.2] [SM 19/03/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Richly chased and mounted dagger [.1] with carved ivory hilt and wooden sheath [.2] [SM 19/03/2007]
Long description: The blade has a scrolling design overlaid with silver and a pattern inlaid with copper alloy. The bolster is of copper alloy and silver and is again decorated with a scrolling pattern. The butt has a piece of copper attached to it. The sheath is wooden with several grooves running down its length towards its curved chape. A piece of copper alloy is wrapped around the top half of the sheath. This has been stamped with a pattern. [SM 19/03/2007]
Geographical reference: Sri Lanka
Asia > Southern Asia > Sri Lanka
Person: Field collector Isabella Christina (Montagu) Burrows; PRM source Isabella Christina (Montagu) Burrows
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Loaned: 07/1935 Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Copper Metal, Material Silver Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised, Process Overlay, Process Inlaid, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Length: max 320 mm dagger, Width: max 30 mm dagger, Width: max 50 mm sheath, Length: max 280 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.75.30.1 Accession number: 1935.75.30.2

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