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Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard ·  Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands · ID: 3051243

sold EUR 950
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Size
L: 34,5 cm (knife)
48,5 cm (with scabbard)
L: 13.6 inch (knife)
19.1 inch (with scabbard)

Description

steel, wood, silver plate, bone or deer horn, minor missing part at the end of the hilt


The object Traditional knife “palitai” with scabbard with the object ID 3051243 was part of the auction Auction 104 on April 12, 2025. The object with the lot number 403 achieved a sales price of EUR 950 with an asking price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, Leiden 2001, p. 95


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