Dagger

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
Forged steel blade with bone handle, carved. The top of the handle remains the natural bone colour while the rest of the handle is coloured black. The blade is secured with wire binding.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Steel blade and bone handle. Metal/wire binding.
Production place
Lubok Antu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Collection
N.M. Roe Collection/Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/129/35

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