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Dagger / ARMAMENT T&E / Personal Symbol Knife with sheath
Dagger / ARMAMENT T&E / Personal Symbol Knife with sheath
Dagger / ARMAMENT T&E / Personal Symbol Knife with sheath
Museum of International Folk Art
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.
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