Knife made from a flat, rectangular strip of bamboo with a pointed end.

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife made from a flat, rectangular strip of bamboo with a pointed end.
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); South Andaman Island
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: ?Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Bamboo Plant
Dimensions: Length: max 268 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.886 PR no.: 119/ 11935
Research and responses: The 11935 number suggests that this is a EH Man object [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
This object was found during the DCF "What's Upstairs?" project along with another bamboo knife and three other cane knives. Due to discrepancies in the labelling of the objects and their descriptions in the Delivery Catalogue and Accession entries, it was difficult to assign the right 5 numbers to the 5 knives. For reference, the bamboo knives have been given the numbers 1884.140.885 and 1884.140.886, and the cane knives have been given the numbers 1884.33.5, 1884.33.6 and 1884.33.7. This decision was reached by Alison Petch and Eleanor Cooper [4/4/2006].

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