- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sheath, made from hide and ?snake skin. [AB [OPS Move] 23/11/2016]
- Long description
- Sheath, made from hide and ?snake skin. The sheath is straight with a pointed tip, at the opening there is a band of plaited plant fibre below this is a hide suspension loop. On one side the snake skin is sewn together. [AB [OPS Move] 23/11/2016]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1932
- Date collected
- 1932
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1942
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Material Snake Skin Reptile, Process Plaited, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 61 mm, Length: max 459 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.13.1181 Other numbers: 117
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