Knife with single edged leaf shaped blade
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Knife with single edged lleaf shaped blade carved wooden hilt. With wooden sheath [.2] bound with cane. [SM 01/06/2007]
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Identifier
1913.60.1 .1 1913.60.1 .2
Origin
SE ASIA. Philippines / Sulu Archipelago
Materials
Iron Metal / Wood Plant / Cane Plant / ?Silver Metal / String / Processes: Forged (Metal) / Carved / Bound / Inscribed / Decorated / Drawn /
Physical Dimensions
Max L [knife] = 600 mm Max W [knife] = 75 mm Max L [sheath] = 443 mm Max W [sheath] = 105 mm
Provenance
Field Collector: Unknown When Collected: By 1913 Other Owners: Cookson PRM Source: Cookson Acquired: Purchased January 1913
Acquisition Date
1913
Short description
Knife with single edged ?leaf shaped blade carved wooden hilt. With wooden sheath [.2] bound with cane. The hilt of the sheath is wood bound with a wide band of ?silver with widthways incised lines and is slightly curved. The butt is elaborately carved with two tapering projections. The sheath is roughly made and consists of two pieces of wood bound in two places with cane and with a piece of string knotted around it near the mouth. It is slightly curved with a rounded tip and an expanded and shaped mouth. One side of the sheath has an inscription in Chinese (the mark of a pawn shop) and a floral pattern drawn on in pencil. It is likely that the sheath was unfinished and the pencil drawing is intended as a guide for further decoration. [SM 01/06/2007]
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Not on Display
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http://objects.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/PRMUID92771.html
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“Knife with single edged leaf shaped blade,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 24, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2530.
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