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Digital Media Bank ID: 93392
Original Filename: r2778_275_d01.jpg
Description: Knife and sheath. The knife has a round end and an unsharpened blade. The ivory handle has a giraffe carved on top. The sheath is ivory on one side, with a crocodile carved on it, and plain wood on the other side. The two halves of the sheath are fastened with bands of elephant hair.
Categories: Collections, Collections/ World Art  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-SA
Caption: r2778_275_d01.jpg
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Type (of Object or Artwork): Weapons
Title (of Artwork / Object): Knife with sheath
Creator (of Artwork / Object): Unrecorded
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): Pre 1925
Description (Object or Artwork): Knife and sheath. The knife has a round end and an unsharpened blade. The ivory handle has a giraffe carved on top. The sheath is ivory on one side, with a crocodile carved on it, and plain wood on the other side. The two halves of the sheath are fastened with bands of elephant hair.
Source (of Object / Artwork): Frederick William Lucas
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Size: 5.15 MB; 5620 x 8430 pixels; 476 x 714 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Portrait
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Linked Accession no.: R2778/275; WA509024