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Sword with carved wooden handle and wooden sheath
Sword with carved wooden handle and wooden sheath
Object Number 39-100-70/1488
Display Title Sword with carved wooden handle and wooden sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Machete, iron blade, carved floral motiff on handle, plain wood sheath, tied tog
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms Baram River, Head of; Sarawak
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 64.2 x 8.2 x 3.3 cm (25 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 1488

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