Dagger with scabbard

Dagger with scabbard

Dagger with scabbard

Artist: Philippines
Medium: Shell, bone or ivory, metal
Dimensions:
L: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification: Weapons and Ammunition
Credit Line: Gift of The Bertha Oppenheim Estate
Object number: 1950.35.2
DescriptionSmall dagger with steel, tapered blade and shell handle. The sheath is made of shell with a bone or ivory tip. Both the handle and sheath have a simple design of horizontal lines and dots.
Small dagger - hilt almost as long as blade - blade is slightly curved and sharpened on one side. The hilt is decorated with simple geometric patterns. The scabbard is large - it is roughly T - shaped at top. The body of it is decorated in the same pattern as the hilt, and the tip has four bands of horizontal lines. The hilt and acabbard are of shell, the tip of bone and ivory and the blade of steel. 2004
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