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1940.12.81.1

Knife [.1] with decorated blade and wooden handle with brass 'knobs' and brass wire decoration. With sheath [.2], wood covered with metal. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/4/2005]

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1940.12.81.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Knife [.1] with decorated blade and wooden handle with brass 'knobs' and brass wire decoration. With sheath [.2], wood covered with metal. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/4/2005]
Cultural groups
Bosnian
Person
Field collector Mary Edith Durham
PRM source Mary Edith Durham
Date / Period
Date made: 1906?, uncertain
Date collected
?1906
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Metal, Process Inlaid, Process Wound, Process Incised, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 265 mm, Length: max 170 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.12.81.1 Accession number: 1940.12.81.2

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife, Sheath