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Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243
Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243 - 2/7 Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243 - 3/7 Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243 - 4/7 Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243 - 5/7 Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243 - 6/7 Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard, Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Size: L: 34,5 cm (knife) 48,5 cm (with scabbard) (L: 13.6 inch (knife) 19.1 inch (with scabbard)), ID: 3051243 - 7/7
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Lot 403
Auction 104

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

Comparing literature

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

Asia

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