Dagger

Museum number:
7-7423
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3841 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.178 and Acc.3032
Description:
Dagger; Materials: brass, bone, wood, steel? Techniques: Casting, carving. Colors: grey metal, brass, brown. Dimensions: 10 7/8 inches long by 1 7/8 inches wide. Remarks: Double edge, pointed blade joined to a shaped handle of brass, bone and wood. Handle ornamented with 1/2 inch band of decorative brass at knife end, followed by layers of bone and brass. Top cap of brass decorated with curved line. Blade ornamented with 3 indented line. Good condition.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Max Uhle
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe?
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Bone (material), Brass (alloy), Steel (alloy), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1905 and 1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 7-7423, described as Dagger; Materials: brass, bone, wood, steel? Techniques: Casting, carving. Colors: grey metal, brass, brown. Dimensions: 10 7/8 inches long by 1 7/8 inches wide. Remarks: Double edge, pointed blade joined to a shaped handle of brass, bone and wood. Handle ornamented with 1/2 inch band of decorative brass at knife end, followed by layers of bone and brass. Top cap of brass decorated with curved line. Blade ornamented with 3 indented line. Good condition.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 7-7423, described as Dagger; Materials: brass, bone, wood, steel? Techniques: Casting, carving. Colors: grey metal, brass, brown. Dimensions: 10 7/8 inches long by 1 7/8 inches wide. Remarks: Double edge, pointed blade joined to a shaped handle of brass, bone and wood. Handle ornamented with 1/2 inch band of decorative brass at knife end, followed by layers of bone and brass. Top cap of brass decorated with curved line. Blade ornamented with 3 indented line. Good condition.

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