Utility knife with wooden handle and sheath

Museum number:
10-1618a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1124
Description:
a) Utility knife; wood handle with red cotton threat and band of plaited rattan; b) 2-piece wood sheath, carved handle with fiber carrying cord, band of black plain weave cotton cloth; 4 bands of red cotton thread. Length 16 7/8 inches.
Donor:
Harold Colyer Conklin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mindoro Island, Luzon island group, Philippines
Culture or time period:
Hanunoo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Utility knife with wooden handle and sheath, accession number 10-1618a,b, described as a) Utility knife; wood handle with red cotton threat and band of plaited rattan; b) 2-piece wood sheath, carved handle with fiber carrying cord, band of black plain weave cotton cloth; 4 bands of red cotton thread. Length 16 7/8 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Utility knife with wooden handle and sheath, accession number 10-1618a,b, described as a) Utility knife; wood handle with red cotton threat and band of plaited rattan; b) 2-piece wood sheath, carved handle with fiber carrying cord, band of black plain weave cotton cloth; 4 bands of red cotton thread. Length 16 7/8 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Utility knife with wooden handle and sheath, accession number 10-1618a,b, described as a) Utility knife; wood handle with red cotton threat and band of plaited rattan; b) 2-piece wood sheath, carved handle with fiber carrying cord, band of black plain weave cotton cloth; 4 bands of red cotton thread. Length 16 7/8 inches.

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