Knife - metal blade, wooden handle – Objects

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Object Number 51-40-60/9837

Display Title Knife - metal blade, wooden handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, carved wood grip, curved steel blade, incised grooves

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Date 1944

Culture

Gurkha

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / India / Bihar / <County> / Ramgarh
Asia / India / Orissa

Additional Geographic Terms Ranchi, about 30 mi. from the Ursaline Convent in

Materials Steel, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 42 x 5.5 x 2.9 cm (16 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 51-40-60/9837

Provenance

Collector Chester Bradeen (1944)

Donor Donated by Chester Bradeen (09/06/1951)

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