Knife
Sheath
29-93-31B
From: Burma
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-93-31B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Burma |
| Date Made | -1927 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Steel | Ivory | Brass | Wood |
| Description | Short, heavy steel blade with tang inserted, throughbrass disc, in carved ivory handle. Base of handle surrounded by brass ring. Carving of handle represents Ganesa, apparently caught or partly concealed in a conventionalized bush or tangle of vines. Cf. 29-93-32. The sheath consists of two long pieces of wood fastened together, near the lower end, by a wooden rivet and by a lashing of split cane. There are marks on the wood of five other original lashings. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
| Other Number | GBG 34 - Collector Number |
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