2 steel-bladed knives with curving bamboo handles in bamboo sheaths inside single wicker case

2 steel-bladed knives with curving bamboo handles in bamboo sheaths inside single wicker case, from Borneo, Indonesian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A140459
Materials:
steel, metal, wire, cane, metal and case, cane, wickerwork
Measurements:
knife (approx.): length 470 mm
sheath (approx.): length 375 mm
sheath: diameter 16 mm
case: length 300 mm
case: width 78 mm
type:
knives
credit:
Glendining