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Object Number
40-2-60/6084
Display Title
Knife - with wooden sheath, metal blade square-edged
Descriptions
Object Description
Knife - with wooden sheath; metal blade square-edged with incised decoration hafted into hollow metal hilt, octagonal shaped wooden grip in centre of hilt. Sheath bound with 3 woven and looped grass circlets. Blue cloth sword-knot attached to sheath.
Inventory Description
Knife, steel blade, square end, wood grip, sheath, wrapped with cotton, fiber
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Man
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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Vietnam
Additional Geographic Terms
Indochina: Annam, Northern
Materials
Wood, Steel, Cotton, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 45 x 4 x 2.9 cm (17 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-2-60/6084, U.S.CUSTOMS / Golden Gate Intl Exp/1939/EXHIBIT/entry no. 13/ lot
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