Head Hunter Knife
73-11-7A
From: India | Naga Hills
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 73-11-7A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Naga Hills |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Iron |
| Description | Very long Naga knife from the Burma border with carved round/flat topped handle wrapped with yellowed string for entire group. Flat, blunt end. Primarily a weapon but also used as a tool. Probably beaten from iron pilfered from railway. |
| Length | 60.5 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Chester A. Asher, Jr., 1973 |
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