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1929.17.24.1

Knife [.1] with long straight blade and socket with a wooden grip, with a wooden sheath [.2] bound with strips of plaited cane, a piece of string and a piece of textile. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/11/2004]


1929.17.24.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Knife [.1] with long straight blade and socket with a wooden grip, with a wooden sheath [.2] bound with strips of plaited cane, a piece of string and a piece of textile. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/11/2004]
Person
Field collector Robert Walter Campbell Shelford
PRM source Audrey Shelford
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1929
Date collected
By 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1929
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Metal, Material String, Material Textile, Process Socketed, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 363 mm, Length: max 606 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1929.17.24.1 Accession number: 1929.17.24.2

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife, Sheath