Sheath

P1242B

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River | Putus Sibau

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1242B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Penang
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River | Putus Sibau
Date Made Before 1897
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Sheath made of two flat pieces of wood lashed together. Narrow, curved, with flat woven fiber hanging loop. Lashed to it (with Museum string), several black and white tail feathers of the Rhinoceros hornbill.

Length 64 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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