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The end of the dark brown, wooden handle has a large, off-centre knob on which a man's smiling face is carved. The wooden handle is fitted into one side of a steel band. The blade is fitted into the other side of the steel band. The blade is thin where it meets the hand guard and gets thicker towards the point.
Blowgun of natural light brown wood. Wide metal lance-olate blade lashed to muzzle end with worn braided binding and five sets of rattan. Shaft tapers from mouthpiece to muzzle. 1.1 cm. wide hole at each end. Pith at centre is bored with a very small hole (slightly curved) for darts.
Blowgun of natural dark brown wood. Thin metal lance-olate blade lashed to shaft with four sets of rattan binding, the lowest one of which is wrapped around four times while the middle two are wrapped around twice and the top one is wrapped around multiple times. Muzzle is plugged with pandanus leaves. Shaft widens slightly from muzzle to butt end, where it flares to form mouthpiece. Mouthpiece slightly concave; hole at centre (0.9 cm.) edged with red wax. Pith inside hole with small hole bored through length.
Knife (a) and sheath (b). The knife has a long metal blade, tapering from handle to rounded tip, and sharpened on both sides. The tapering wooden handle, which tapers towards the base and widens to a half-circle at the butt end, has a stamped metal ferrule. The handle is wrapped with cord and covered in stitched leather. The sheath is made of wood wrapped with leather that is incised with lines and dyed with black to form bands on the lower sections. The sheath has four raised horizontal areas near the top as well as a thong for a belt loop.
Knife (a) and sheath (b). The knife's metal blade tapers from the grip to a slightly bent, rounded tip and is sharpened on both edges. Incised lengthwise on both sides with wavy pattern. On one side the pattern is crossed, and on the other it is flanked by two curves. The handle has a stamped metal ferrule and the handle is wrapped with leather cord and leather sewn over wood. The sheath is made of wood wrapped with leather and the leather is incised with bands of pattern alternating with bands of lines as well as zigzag lines. Sections of the sheath are dyed black.
Sword (a) with brown wooden hilt and handle with hexagonal brass ring edge; pointed lip edge and rounded brass insert on both sides; half pear shaped steel blade. Scabbard (b) of two pieces of wood held together by raffia and cotton braided rope with four tassels. Brown upper border with raised square halfway where it is held in place by circular centre of four petal design. Brown curved border with linear design decoration.
Iron lock with inlaid bronze ? designs on one side and on bottom; shaped like hollow rectangular cube, with projections from both ends of one side each 2 x 1.3 x 7cm. Between the 2 projections is a cylindrical iron rod, passing through the projection. Rod is attached to plug which is shaped to fit one end of lock; at opposite end is a rectangular perforation 1cm. long for insertion of key, which is missing. Inlaid design includes a central 'double happiness' character, and symmetrical fret and coil pattern; on projections are characters for 'to close' or 'preciousness' ? and 'riches'.
Light wood shaft cut through and joined near the midpoint. Black iron flattened spearhead hammered around the shaft and secured with one nail. Coil of wire below the spearhead. Solid pointed metal butt, flattened and hammered around the end of the shaft, secured with a coiled iron band.
Brown wood shaft, black iron spearhead, and pointed butt. Base of the spearhead is flattened and hammered around the shaft attached with a nail. Iron butt hammered around the shaft. Sixteen notches cut into the shaft near the mid-section. Shaft has been cut through and re-joined.
Dark wood shaft cut and joined with a dowel. Narrow iron point with the tang inserted into the shaft bound with tightly coiled iron and two sections of loosely coiled iron. Band of incised geometric design near the point. Metal point flattened and hammered around shaft at butt.