Traditional knife "palitai" with scabbard · Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands · ID: 3051243
sold
EUR 950
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaSize
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