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Object Number 39-17-70/1183
Display Title Metal parang, wooden handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, curved cutting edge, notched back, carved wood grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 49.4 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm (19 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1183

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