Knife

Museum number:
9-16578a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210916578a@2dc
Description:
Ghurka knives"; steel, ivory, bone, leather. Attr. to India, Biahr, Ghurka*. * also live in nearby Himalayas. Two knives missing from this specimen, (a) knife; steel blade, ivory handle; l. 40.5 cm.; (b) knife, steel blade, bone handle, l. 13 cm.; (c) scabbard, leather, 4 compartments / steel reinforced tip; l. 31.5 cm.
Collection place:
Bihar, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kukri scabbards and Kukris (swords)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-16578a-c, described as Ghurka knives"; steel, ivory, bone, leather. Attr. to India, Biahr, Ghurka*. * also live in nearby Himalayas. Two knives missing from this specimen, (a) knife; steel blade, ivory handle; l. 40.5 cm.; (b) knife, steel blade, bone handle, l. 13 cm.; (c) scabbard, leather, 4 compartments / steel reinforced tip; l. 31.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-16578a-c, described as Ghurka knives"; steel, ivory, bone, leather. Attr. to India, Biahr, Ghurka*. * also live in nearby Himalayas. Two knives missing from this specimen, (a) knife; steel blade, ivory handle; l. 40.5 cm.; (b) knife, steel blade, bone handle, l. 13 cm.; (c) scabbard, leather, 4 compartments / steel reinforced tip; l. 31.5 cm.

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