Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

KUKRI KNIFE

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

STEEL, BONE, LEATHER, BRASS

No. Pieces

4

Description

1. KUKRI KNIFE: CURVED STEEL BLADE WITH 30 DEGREE KINK IN ANGLE OF BLADE WITH ANIMAL HORN HANDLE. HANDLE IS CARVED ANIMAL BONE WITH NAVETTE SHAPED STEEL CAP. CAP HAS DIAMOND SHAPE RAISED IN CENTER AT VERY END OF HANDLE. HANDLE HAS FOUR DECORATIVE METAL PATTERNS, TWO ON EACH SIDE. EACH IS BRASS CIRLE WITH SINGLE STEEL NAIL IN MIDDLE AND SIX AROUND IT, MAKING IT LOOK VAGUELY LIKE A SMALL FLOWER. THERE ALSO IS A HORIZONTAL LINE OF STEEL CAPS AROUND MIDDLE OF HANDLE. BLADE IS CURVED FOR SLASHING AND HAS A NOTCH CUT INTO HEEL OF BLADE WHICH POSSIBLY HAS RELIGIOUS SIGNIFIGANCE. 2. SMALL KNIFE: 8CM (L) X1.7CM (W) KNIFE WITH STEEL BLADE AND ANIMAL HORN HANDLE. HANDLE IS SINGLE PIECE OF HORN OVAL SHAPED AROUND AND NARROWED SLIGHTLY AS IT MOVES TOWARD BLADE. HANDLE HAS TWO HORIZONTAL GROOVES AROUND MIDDLE WITH TWO GROOVES ALONG END OF HANDLE. BLADE IS MADE OF STEEL AND IS SHAPED LIKE ITS LARGER COUNTER PART (1.). BLADE HAS TINY AMOUNT OF CORROSION. 3. SMALL KNIFE: IDENTICAL TO (2.) EXCEPT THAT HEEL OF BLADE HAS BEEN WORN DOWN SLIGHTLY. 4. SHEATH: 25.5CM (L) X 6CM (W) LEATHER SHEATH. SHEATH IS DARK LEATHER FORMED WITH BEND TO FIT BLADE OF KNIFE. SHEATH HAS POINTED BRASS TIP ON END. OUTSIDE OF SHEATH HAS CRISS-CROSS AND CHEVRON PATTERNS MARKED ON IT. AROUND MIDDLE IS THIN BAND OF LEATHER WITH THREE HORIZONTAL GROOVES IN IT. BAND IS SEWN TO TORN LEATHER LOOP FOR FASTENING TO BELT. LOOP WAS SEWN TO BACK OF SHEATH WHERE TWO SMALLER SHEATHS ARE FORMED INTO LARGER ONE. THE TWO SMALLER BLADES FIT INTO THESE LEATHER LINED SHEATHS. LEATHER ALL OVER SHEATH IS WORN WITH PATCHES WHERE FINISH HAS WORN OFF. LEATHER BAND AROUND MIDDLE IS BADLY WORN.

Subjects

ARMAMENT-EDGED

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

History

SEE P19950027001-GA

Catalogue Number

P19950027002

Acquisition Date

1995-06

Collection

Museum

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