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DaggerB494

Long dagger with wooden handle, horn guard, and wooden sheath. Sheath is wide at the end closest to the handle and tapers to a rounded point at then other end. There is red fibre cording wrapped around the tip of the sheath and the other end of the sheath in a knotted square sequence. Blue fibre cording is wrapped around the middle of the sheath in the same manner. The horn guard has jagged grooves around its edges. There is a natural coloured fibre cord attached to the horn guard.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood, iron metal, fibre, horn and rattan
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerB493

Long, dagger-like knife (a) with wooden sheath (b). Knife handle decorated with woven band. Plain curved handle. Simple sheath with fish-tail-like decoration. Sheath made of two pieces bound together with string.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
steel metal, wood, fibre and rattan
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerB492

Elongated, tapering, curved dagger (a) with sheath (b-c). Sheath is in two parts, roughly finished and bound loosely with string near the tip. Short, curved wooden handle attached to blade.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
steel metal, wood and fibre
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB491

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.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
brass metal, bone and iron metal ?
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordB490

Long sword with handle that has an engraved plant motif pattern on each side. Sides of handle protrude slightly with scalloped points to create an overall T-shaped handle. End of handle is in the shape of a lobed finial and once had an inset panel on the end. The blade is long and flares slightly upwards.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
brass metal and steel metal
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordB489

The end of the handle is a reddish wood, rounded and carved with one side pointed up and one pointed down. The rest of the handle is made of silver bands wrapped with a thin fibre and coloured black. The base of the blade flares out and is decorated with barbs. The blade has two parallel lines running its length and an old yellowed coat of varnish.

Culture
Balinese
Material
iron metal, silver metal, wood and fibre
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordB487

Sword with a wooden handle that has a large knob with a spindle-like finial on the end. Curved blade has a yellowed coat of varnish. Blade is wider at the end than near the handle.

Culture
Southeast Asia ?
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureB199

Lion figure covered with shells of various colours and having a wire tail and red fibre whiskers, all fastened with heavy yellow adhesive. Interior of ears and mouth are painted red. Sitting on a pedestal made of various shells.

Culture
English ?
Material
iron metal ?, fibre, clay and shell
Made in
United Kingdom ? or England ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CutterB198

Ornate cutting tool made from cast brass which has been finished with a file; cutting blade made of steel; has a steel leaf spring. Rosette decoration. Turned effect finials on handles.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
steel metal and brass metal
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun SpearB125

Hollow, dark brown wood shaft has slight swelling at butt to act as a mouthpiece and the metal lance-olate leaf- shaped point is fastened to the other end with three sets of stem ? binding, the lower two of which are wrapped around four times while the top one of which is wrapped around six times.

Culture
Kayan
Material
steel metal, stem ? and wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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