Description

Working knife (part a) with wooden scabbard (part b). Blade is an elongated wedge shape, that widens toward the end and is covered with a sticky, oily residue. The top end of the blade angles up toward the handle. The handle is thinner near the blade and is covered in a band of interwoven brass wire near the join. The join area of the blade is covered with a hardened black substance. The handle then widens out and has four ridges carved across the end. The wooden scabbard is made of two halves pegged together and has a floral design carved on the upper side near the top. There are four woven bands of grass encircling the scabbard, as well as a twisted double strand of string. The top end of the blade has a stamped mark in the shape of a tiger with two oblong marks beside it.