Native dagger in wooden sheath and rattan handle

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Object Number 36-137-70/526

Display Title Native dagger in wooden sheath and rattan handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, open-work wood scabbard, incised, woven fiber strap

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Yami

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Taiwan / <State> / Botel Tobago Island

Additional Geographic Terms Formosa, southern

Materials Wood, Iron, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 59.6 x 23.7 x 3.5 cm (23 7/16 x 9 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-137-70/526

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