Sword with sheath "kalasan" · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak, East Karo · ID: 3046266
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Size
L: 65,5 cm
L: 25.8 inch
Description
iron, horn (buffalo/ deer), eye-shaped decor at the hilt, stem ring and partial covering of the sheath from silver
The object Sword with sheath “kalasan” with the object ID 3046266 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 44.
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Comparing literature
van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 59, ill. 174