DepartmentAsia

Dagger / ARMAMENT T&E / Personal Symbol Knife with sheath

NameDagger / Personal Symbol Knife with sheath

CultureKhmer Loer (Montegnard)

Datec. 1950

Place madeCambodia, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mediummetal, wood, water, buffalo horn

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)

Credit LineIn loving memory of Mrs. Sarah Schutzbank

Object numberA.2007.3.1V

DescriptionMetal blade with decorative, circular carving on both sides. Hilt depicts a dancing apsaras carved out of horn with metal inlay for detail. The sheath is made of wood and horn bound together by three metal bands. There is decorative metal inlay and a trapezoidal peep hole through which the blade is visible when in the sheath.