Sword with sheath · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3042593
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Size
L: 54 cm (without sheath)
L: 21.3 inch (without sheath)
Description
wood, iron, brass, rattan, figurally carved handle, blade sharpened on one side, wooden sheath with carved and incised decor, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage and corrosion
The object Sword with sheath with the object ID 3042593 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 8.
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Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim, Mit den Ahnen leben, Stuttgart 1990, p. 163