Knife ornamented with silver filigree and carved handle

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Object Number 15-14-70/86190

Display Title Knife ornamented with silver filigree and carved handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, curved iron blade, curled tip, incised silver grip, carved wooden handle

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Indonesia

Additional Geographic Terms Maluku Islands

Materials Wood, Iron, Silver alloy

Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 10 x 1.3 cm (11 5/8 x 3 15/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 86190

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson

Donor Donated by Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1915)

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