- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sheath [.2] of wood, covered in black leather with gilt designs painted onto the leather. For a knife [1884.24.152 .1] [SM 01/03/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1874
- Date collected
- ?By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Gilt Metal, Process Gilded, Process Bound, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 90 mm, Length: max 160 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.24.152.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 1209
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