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1917.53.264.1

Knife with elaborately carved, silver-mounted ivory handle depicting human, bird and animal figures. For wooden sheath see 1917.53.264 .2. [LM 25/04/2007]

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1917.53.264.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Knife with elaborately carved, silver-mounted ivory handle depicting human, bird and animal figures. For wooden sheath see 1917.53.264 .2. [LM 25/04/2007]
Long description
The knife has incised straight and wavy lines and brass inlay in the back. [LM 25/04/2007]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Anna Rebecca Tylor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Material Steel Metal, Material Silver Metal, Material Brass Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Inlaid
Dimensions
Length: max 310 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.53.264.1
Research and responses

E. B. Tylor collection; unclear who obtained it from Burma and gave or sold it to Tylor (unlikely that Tylor himself ever went there).

Search terms: Figure, Weapon, Tool, Knife, Dagger

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