Knife and sheath

Museum number:
10-1122a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.582
Description:
a) Wood scabbard, 2 piece; 9 bands of thin horn b) Knife; thick heavy blade, rounded tip; wood hilt; 2 bands of incised design; length: 15½ inches.
Donor:
Mary Biddle Elliott Ponting
Collection place:
Philippines
Collector:
Mary Biddle Elliott Ponting
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scabbards
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1922
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Knife and sheath, accession number 10-1122a,b, described as a) Wood scabbard, 2 piece; 9 bands of thin horn b) Knife; thick heavy blade, rounded tip; wood hilt; 2 bands of incised design; length: 15½ inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Knife and sheath, accession number 10-1122a,b, described as a) Wood scabbard, 2 piece; 9 bands of thin horn b) Knife; thick heavy blade, rounded tip; wood hilt; 2 bands of incised design; length: 15½ inches.

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