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Description: | Double-edged brass blade, hexagonal cross-section, tapering gently to sharp point. five circular and one floral stamps on both faces of blade near hilt. tiny guard of right-angled brass before hilt with two small circles stamped on each face, each side. circular blob white metal on brass at guard level each face. rectangular cross-section hilt in same plane as blade, brass centre rib with ribbed white metal plate each side. delicate frets engraved in white metal grooves and at hilt bottom. at hilt top circular brass knob with ribbed perimeter. blade sheath of doubled red leather. outside stamped and painted with black lines. with bands of plaited black fringes have excised and black painted decoration at their ends. two small leather carrying-loops threaded through at top of sheath.
Material: metal, brass
Material: white metal
Material: leather
Material: dye | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.62219 | Go to resource |
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