Knife

Museum number:
9-5863
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Knife; bone (?) handle; silver, brass trim; foliage and other designs, some inlaid; length 10 1/8 inches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Bone (material), Brass (alloy), and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Knife, accession number 9-5863, described as Knife; bone (?) handle; silver, brass trim; foliage and other designs, some inlaid; length 10 1/8 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Knife, accession number 9-5863, described as Knife; bone (?) handle; silver, brass trim; foliage and other designs, some inlaid; length 10 1/8 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-5863, described as Knife; bone (?) handle; silver, brass trim; foliage and other designs, some inlaid; length 10 1/8 inches.

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