Knife

Sheath

50-49-1377

From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-49-1377
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ifugao
Provenience Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Locus Ifugao
Section Oceanian
Materials Metal | Wood | Peel
Description

Knife with tapering straight blade, ground to sharp cutting edge, ovoid cross section. Handle of well-worn light colored wood; band of fine braided fibre set in groove near blade Sheath is two flat sections bound with rattan.

Length 11.9 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Outside Diameter 1.64 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number 304 - Other Number

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