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Double knife
Object Number 988-12-70/5603
Display Title Double knife
Descriptions
Object Description "Dayak mandau", double-sheathed iron bladed knives with wood, textile, rattan, horn, and hair hafts; rattan and wood sheaths ornamented with cotton thread and metal coin. One knife: short blade, long plain wooden haft, plain fiber sheath; other knife: very long blade, ornate rattan and carved wood haft with hair, wood sheath with stripes of rattan
Inventory Description Knives, two blades, double sheath of wood, animal hair, braided strap
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kalimantan
  • Dayak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Iron, Wood, Rattan, Horn, Hair, Cotton, Metal, Cotton thread
Dimensions Overall: 64.2 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm (25 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-12-70/5603
Provenance
Collector Jan Merghart (1949-1950 - 9/8/1988)
Donor Jan Merghart (1949-1950 - 9/8/1988)

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