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Description: | Kukri and sheath (steel, wood, leather). I. Small kukri with a plain blade and simple notch, plain wooden hilt. 2. Wooden sheath covered with black leather; there are four empty sheaths for small knifes etc., with a leather supporting loop. The sheath is much larger than the knife. The knife and sheath are of such disparate sizes that they are probably not the original pair. 1. 12.5" (320) 2. 15.5" (395). Label: one exhibition label, printed.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1980.32 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood knife sheaths (sheaths (general & multipurpose)) leather kukris (daggers (weapons: edged)) Ghurkha iron War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-77999 | Go to resource |
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