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Chopping knife with sheath
Chopping knife with sheath
Object Number 99-12-70/53257
Display Title Chopping knife with sheath
Descriptions
Object Description Chopping knife with sheath
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, curved cutting edge, fiber wrapped wood sheath, scabbard
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Malay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia
Additional Geographic Terms Malay Archipelago
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 44.7 x 7.7 x 4.1 cm (17 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53257
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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