Sword hilt

Museum number:
18-1702
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4655
Description:
Sword hilt, bone, handcarved; intricately carved design on hook-shaped handle; hole at top for insertion of hair bundle
Donor:
Wyn Sargent
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
October 4, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword hilt, accession number 18-1702, described as Sword hilt, bone, handcarved; intricately carved design on hook-shaped handle; hole at top for insertion of hair bundle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword hilt, accession number 18-1702, described as Sword hilt, bone, handcarved; intricately carved design on hook-shaped handle; hole at top for insertion of hair bundle

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