Knife

Museum number:
18-580
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Knife, steel, scimitar-shaped with wood handle; one face of blade incised with two rows of hemispheres. Length 47 cm. handle to tip. To open cocoanuts, cut firewood.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #62: Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (November 28, 1967–November 28, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 18-580, described as Knife, steel, scimitar-shaped with wood handle; one face of blade incised with two rows of hemispheres. Length 47 cm. handle to tip. To open cocoanuts, cut firewood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 18-580, described as Knife, steel, scimitar-shaped with wood handle; one face of blade incised with two rows of hemispheres. Length 47 cm. handle to tip. To open cocoanuts, cut firewood.

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