Knife Item Number: B485 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long knife, or sword (part a) and scabbard (part b). Scroll design is on the carved curved handle (part a) which is decorated with black hair and is wound with dark braided fibre. The long, flat metal blade (part a) is straight along the top with a curved edge along the bottom and comes to a pointed tip at the upper end. The scabbard (part b) has a lizard in relief and is decorated with black hair.
Narrative
Collected by Colonel A.C. Fisher, the great-grandfather of the donors, while he was in China from 1856 to 1859.
Item History
- Made in Kalimantan, Indonesia before 1860
- Collected between 1856 and 1859
- Owned by A. C. Fisher
- Owned by Mrs. C. P. Macbean and Marjorie E. Macbean before March 17, 1965
- Received from Mrs. C. P. Macbean (Donor) and Marjorie E. Macbean (Donor) on March 17, 1965
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- B485
- Type of Item
- knife
- Material
- deer antler, wood, rattan, hair, fibre and brass metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, forged and woven
- Overall
- height 92.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 7.0 cm
- Part B
- height 74.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 5.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Bidayuh ?
- Previous Owner
- A. C. Fisher, Mrs. C. P. Macbean and Marjorie E. Macbean
- Received from
- Mrs. C. P. Macbean (Donor) and Marjorie E. Macbean (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kalimantan, Indonesia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1860
- Collection Date
- between 1856 and 1859
- Ownership Date
- before March 17, 1965
- Acquisition Date
- on March 17, 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0108/0006