knife
- Museum number
- As1914,0414.72.a
- Description
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Knife made of iron, rattan.
- Production date
- 1850s-1910
- Dimensions
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Height: 59 centimetres
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Weight: 1.60 kilograms (knife and sheath)
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Width: 42.70 centimetres
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Depth: 2.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register says: "Knife in scabbard with shell girdle, called "bloc" or "itak". Such knives alwasy carried, & used for work & fighting. Shell belts rare, & usually heirlooms. Kiangan. (see P.K.E.M.D. pl XVI.)"
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From acquisition notes "Igorrot".
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Register says: "This whole collection from the "Igorrot". N. Luzon."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1914,0414.72.a
