Rubber Tree Knife

96-14-18

From: Thailand | Pakle

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Miid Kriid Yaang
Object Number 96-14-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai
Provenience Thailand | Pakle
Date Made 1900-1994
Section Asian
Materials Iron | Wood | Plastic (uncertain)
Inscription Language English Language
Description

Rubber tree knife. Curved metal blade with crook in tip for cutting bark off of rubber trees. Sharp edge of blade is inner edge above hole. Lower part of blade blunt and thick on both sides with a metal clip near handle. End of metal knife set into light colored wooden handle with grey plastic(?) tube capping end. Trademarks stamped into metal blade. Rusty and very worn.

Credit Line Thai Ethnographic Project; Jennifer Lane White (Asian Section Keeper), 1996

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