Sheath
Knife
P1239B
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River | Putus Sibau
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1239B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River | Putus Sibau |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Bark | Rattan Peel | Feather |
| Description | Sheath, with knife sheath and hanger. Two flat pieces of wood lashed together. Top of one side has decorative carving in relief. On other side a bark sleeve for knife P1239C. At tip tufts of dark brown hair. Threaded through the bark sleeve is a hanger of braided rattan peel with loop at one end and, at the other, two cords of braided black fiber passing though a flat disc and ending in two tassels wih some tiny yellow, red and blue beads. |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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