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Description: | Sword with wavy-edged blade, two narrow grooves on each side. Wooden hilt with one side turned down and the other upcurled. Grip is bound with cord or cane strips and varnished. Sheath is of two pieces of wood with a wide 'wing' at the top to hold the quillons of the kris. This 'wing' is broken. The item resembles fig.485, No.4, p.390 in Stone 'A Glossary of Arms and Armour'.
Material: Metal, Cane
Material: Wood | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.162932 | Go to resource |
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