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Description: | LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL CHIN KNIFE (DAH) MRS LANDON 6/1/50
Long rectangular sheath, made of two pieces of wood, bound in seven places at regular intervals with cane strips to leave a triangular-section shaped sheath, the whole lacquered in red and black bands between each binding. A cord loop bound on near the top, with a length frayed to provide a hanging sheath. Brown card label attached – tied on the cord loop: With printed words: `LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL’ Handwritten words:`CHIN KNIFE (DAH) MRS LANDON 6/1/50’.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 6.1.50/3ii | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood paint Chin cord knife sheaths (sheaths (weapons: accessories)) War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-58412 | Go to resource |
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