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Description: | Knife with a slightly curved blade with an inlaid gold pattern running down the side nearest the back, the rest is encrusted with embossed silver which is let into the handle. This is of carved wood, pistol-shaped and inlaid with silver. A griffin's head of chased brass inlaid with silver strengthens the functions of the blade and the hilt. The scabbard is of teak wood the point covered for 7.6cm with embossed brasswork and the upper end covered with a sheet of pure silver bound round with silver wire in delicate filigree patterns.
Technique: inlay
Technique: embossing
Technique: carving
Technique: chasing
Technique: filigree
Material: metal
Material: gold
Material: silver
Material: wood
Material: brass
Material: teak
knife made in India, Asia, (1910.15.96). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25692 | Go to resource |
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