Large kukri in sheath with seven smaller sheaths containing 13 smaller knives and other instruments

Made:: India and Asia

Large kukri in sheath with seven smaller sheaths containing 13 smaller knives and other instruments, date unknown

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A199296

type:: kukris

credit:: Jones, A.S.

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Parts

Sheaths containing large kukri, knives and other instruments

Materials:: leather

Object Number:: A199296 Pt1

type:: case - container

Kukri

Materials:: iron and wood

Object Number:: A199296 Pt2

type:: kukri

Folders

Materials:: vellum and leather

Object Number:: A199296 Pt3

type:: folder

Knife

Materials:: iron and ivory

Object Number:: A199296 Pt4

type:: knife

Hook

Materials:: iron and ivory

Object Number:: A199296 Pt5

type:: hook - fastener

Knife

Materials:: iron and wood

Object Number:: A199296 Pt6

type:: knife

Knife

Materials:: iron and ivory

Object Number:: A199296 Pt7

type:: knife

Implements

Materials:: iron and ivory

Object Number:: A199296 Pt8

type:: tool

Pincers

Materials:: iron

Object Number:: A199296 Pt9

type:: pincers

Tweezers

Materials:: iron

Object Number:: A199296 Pt10

type:: tweezers

Spike

Materials:: ivory and iron

Object Number:: A199296 Pt11

type:: spike - object

Knife

Materials:: iron and wood

Object Number:: A199296 Pt12

type:: knife

Probe

Materials:: iron and ivory

Object Number:: A199296 Pt13

type:: probe

Corkscrew

Materials:: iron and ivory

Object Number:: A199296 Pt14

type:: corkscrew

Knife

Materials:: ivory and iron

Object Number:: A199296 Pt15

type:: knife

Large kukri in sheath with seven smaller sheaths containing 13 smaller knives and other instruments

Details

Parts

Sheaths containing large kukri, knives and other instruments

Kukri

Folders

Knife

Hook

Knife

Knife

Implements

Pincers

Tweezers

Spike

Knife

Probe

Corkscrew

Knife

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