|
Date: |
|
Description: | Sword with single-edged metal blade. Bone hilt carved and decorated with tufts of white, black and red-dyed hair (goat's?) and bound with metal wire and resin. Sheath of wood and bone, the latter carved with human and animal figures and scroll and spiral in filling; also decorated with tufts of hair, white, black, orange and red. Belt of plaited split cane and fibre string.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1970.317 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | antler wood plant fibre metal swords (weapons: edged) sheaths (weapons: accessories) bone hair Kenyah-Kayan | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-77673 | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
dao
Iron chopper, dao. Sema Nagas,…
-
-
-
dao
Dao (Naga type of axe/chopper)…
|