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1923.28.28.1

Toddy-tapper's knife [.1] with wide chopper-like blade, with wooden sheath base [.2], lid [.3] and string belt with brass buckle [.4].

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1923.28.28.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Toddy-tapper's knife [.1] with wide chopper-like blade, with wooden sheath base [.2], lid [.3] and string belt with brass buckle [.4].
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Kerala Cochin near Kunnankulam
Person
Field collector Frederick John Richards
PRM source Frederick John Richards
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Brass Metal, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Riveted, Process Carpentered
Dimensions
Length: max 285 mm, Width: max 710 mm, Length: max 210 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.28.28.1 Accession number: 1923.28.28.2 Accession number: 1923.28.28.3 Accession number: 1923.28.28.4
Research and responses

toddy = 'Sap of some kinds of palm, from which when fermented arrack is obtained' (Concise Oxford). [LM 7/3/2000]

Search terms: Tool, Clothing, Knife, Sheath, Belt

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