Knife

Museum number:
18-1260
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001260
Accession number:
Acc.3741
Description:
Knife. Black wood carved in animal shape-dragon? Used for cutting padi-guntuk (grain, rice?). Length 24 cm. Width at widest 5 cm.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 18-1260, described as Knife. Black wood carved in animal shape-dragon? Used for cutting padi-guntuk (grain, rice?). Length 24 cm. Width at widest 5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 18-1260, described as Knife. Black wood carved in animal shape-dragon? Used for cutting padi-guntuk (grain, rice?). Length 24 cm. Width at widest 5 cm.

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