Knife and sheath

Museum number:
9-8385a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21098385a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4168
Description:
Knife and sheath, a) knife, steel blade, bronze hilt, incised and inlaid with carnelian (?) and turquoise (?), horn handle inlaid with jade, metal and red enamel (?). b) sheath, red leather, tooled with geometric pattern, grommets, with white belt attachment.
Donor:
Patricia Berger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Oshpaz Bazaar, Kashgar, Xinjiang autonomous region
Verbatim coll. place:
China; Sinkiang Province; Kashgar; Oshpaz Bazaar; Uighur
Collector:
Patricia Berger
Collection date:
September 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Knife and sheath, accession number 9-8385a,b, described as Knife and sheath, a) knife, steel blade, bronze hilt, incised and inlaid with carnelian (?) and turquoise (?), horn handle inlaid with jade, metal and red enamel (?). b) sheath, red leather, tooled with geometric pattern, grommets, with white belt attachment.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Knife and sheath, accession number 9-8385a,b, described as Knife and sheath, a) knife, steel blade, bronze hilt, incised and inlaid with carnelian (?) and turquoise (?), horn handle inlaid with jade, metal and red enamel (?). b) sheath, red leather, tooled with geometric pattern, grommets, with white belt attachment.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife and sheath, accession number 9-8385a,b, described as Knife and sheath, a) knife, steel blade, bronze hilt, incised and inlaid with carnelian (?) and turquoise (?), horn handle inlaid with jade, metal and red enamel (?). b) sheath, red leather, tooled with geometric pattern, grommets, with white belt attachment.

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