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: 2008/063/001
: British Empire & Commonwealth
: Armament
: Curved metal blade with a carved handle of dark wood decorated with hair and wire, in a sheath of lighter wood, with decorative carvings and hide and cord details. Dayak people, Sarawak. The wire binding is loose. Scabbard is in two parts (it has a slit). Sheath has lost most of its hair. Carved decoration on one side.
: British Empire & Commonwealth Museum Collection
: Sarawak, Malaysia, South East Asia, Asia: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012