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Object Number
80-21-60/22439
Display Title
Sheath knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Sheath knife. Small knife and sheath constructed out of wood, split plant cuticle, plant fiber cord, and steel. The wood elements are decorated on the outer surfaces with incised designs. The sheath has additional dark brown red, shiney waxy split plant cutical design elements of four horizontal bands. A coiled cord of beaten vegetable leaf fiber from a monocot plant is wrapped around the sheath with a closed loop probably for carrying. The knife has an incised wood handle and a steel blade that tapers to a curved. point. See conservation for additional description.
Inventory Description
Knife and sheath, knife has tapered metal blade, carved and incised wood handle
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
Dimensions
Overall: 20.5 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
22439; 22.439; 83
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse
(1879 - 1880)
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