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Description: | Dagger and sheath. The dagger has an iron blade and a handle made of antler. The sheath is made of two sections of carved antler. It has a band of leather sewn to itself along edge covers the upper part. Lower part is curved and decorated with engraved and blackened geometrical designs, on one side chiefly diamond-shaped, and on the other with three reindeer and geometrically shaped trees.
Iron bladed dagger with bone handle. Curved bone sheath incised with reindeer and trees and topped with leather. Length dagger 8 1/2 "; Length sheath 10 1/2".
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 7.3.66/3 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | antler metal dagger sheaths (daggers (weapons: edged)) leather daggers (weapons: edged) iron | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-79593 | Go to resource |
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