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Description

Long knife, or sword, with a bone handle. The bone handle curves to one side and is carved with a hole in the centre and a circular knob on the end. The handle grip is wrapped with tightly woven metal links and secured with overlaying wire. The base of the blade has a row of brass inlay dots extending towards the point; where the dots end, a swirl pattern cut through the steel begins. One edge of the blade tapers three times before reaching the point.

Narrative

Collected by Colonel A.C. Fisher, the great grandfather of the donors, while he was in China from 1856 to 1859.

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