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KnifeB495 a-c

Long dagger-like blade (a) and sheath (b). Knife has a right angled wooden handle carved with a filigree rosette; flame-patterned blade. Fine, elaborate plant design on the brass covered wooden sheath; cord with two tassels is attached.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
wood, brass metal, iron metal, fibre, metal and copper metal
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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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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Stringed Musical InstrumentB196 a-c

Erhu-like two-stringed wooden instrument with a sound box (part b) made from half a coconut shell and two drop-shaped tuning pegs (strings and membrane are missing). Wooden bow (part c) is strung with coarse hair. Underside of sound box is pierced with a simple design.

Culture
Malay ?
Material
hair, wood, bamboo grass and coconut nutshell
Made in
Singapore
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterB127

Bark beater. Dark brown, bottle-shaped wooden piece. Traces of lime on the beating end.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood
Made in
Sarawak, 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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Hornbill FigureB122

Dark blue-black carving of a rhinocerous hornbill, with a large, mint green beak. Elaborate crest on the head with a spiral pattern on top and a floral motif on the back. Wings and tail are dark blue-black, orange-pink, dark and mint green, and yellow accented with gold. Legs bend backward and then horizontally, straight, outward with the yellow claws holding onto a bar.

Culture
Iban
Material
alstonium wood and paint
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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