Knife with slightly curved, single edged blade and carved hilt. [For sheath see 1912.31.7 .2].

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife with slightly curved, single edged blade and carved hilt. [For sheath see 1912.31.7 .2].
Long description: Knife with slightly curved, single edged blade and carved hilt. [For sheath see 1912.31.7 .2] The hilt has a carved butt that is decorated with incised lines around the edges of the carved decoration. Below this is a band of knotted string and a ?silver mount between this and the blade. [SM 16/04/2008]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Sabah
Cultural groups: Kadazan-Dusun
Person: Field collector Robert Walter Campbell Shelford; PRM source Robert Walter Campbell Shelford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1912
Date collected: By 1912
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1912
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Iron Metal, Material Silver Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Incised, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 754 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1912.31.7.1

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