An unfinished knife with angled blade and bent iron spike at butt. One of five stages in the manufacture of a general purpose knife [see entries 1955.7.11.1-.5] [SM (Verve) 28/07/2014].

Collection type: Object
Description: An unfinished knife with angled blade and bent iron spike at butt. One of five stages in the manufacture of a general purpose knife [see entries 1955.7.11.1-.5] [SM (Verve) 28/07/2014].
Long description: An unfinished knife with angled blade and bent iron spike at butt. One of five stages in the manufacture of a general purpose knife [see entries 1955.7.11.1-.5]. The blade is expanded along its length. The iron spike on the butt projects out at 90 degrees from the butt. There are two circular depressions on one side of the handle. [SM (Verve) 28/07/2014].
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Kerala
Person: Maker Chinnian Asari; Field collector Derek G. Jenkins; Field collector Mary G. Jenkins; PRM source Derek G. Jenkins; PRM source Mary G. Jenkins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1955
Date collected: By 1955
Acquisition information: Donated: 1955
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bent, Process Hammered, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 112 mm, Length: max 307 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1955.7.11.2
Research and responses: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Travancore is the name of a former princely state in southwestern India, now part of Kerala state. As the accession book entry only indicates what two of the five different stages are, they have been placed on one database entry for the moment; this may be altered when the objects are seen and retrieved. [CW 10/8/2000]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Technique, Knife

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