Military knife

Museum number:
9-22124
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022124
Alternate number:
BY.C-15 and C-15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Military knife, steel blade, polished wooden handle, and silver grip.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Myanmar (Burma)
Verbatim coll. place:
Burma
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Silver (metal), Steel (alloy), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
The wooden handle is broken within its silver grip. This type of knife or short sword is found in Burma and elsewhere in SE Asia.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Military knife, accession number 9-22124, described as Military knife, steel blade, polished wooden handle, and silver grip.

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