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Tibetan knife - bone handles, typical decoration, brass trimmed iron sheath.
Tibetan knife - bone handles, typical decoration, brass trimmed iron sheath.
Object Number 39-93-60/6037
Display Title Tibetan knife - bone handles, typical decoration, brass trimmed iron sheath.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, iron blade, horn/bone grip, iron scabbard with brass, hide tie
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Yunnan / <County> / Likiang
Materials Iron, Brass, Horn, Bone, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (18 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-93-60/6037
Provenance
Collector Quentin Roosevelt (1939 - 1939)

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