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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Ghoorka Knife
Type:Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Place Made:Asia; Nepal
Accession Number:  MH SK L.A.3.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Nepal Ghoorka kife with 3" horn handle terminating at each end in brass plates. Blade 10 1/2" long, 1 3/4" wide. Black leather scabbord with two outside pockets containing small wooden handled daggers, 4 5/8" and 4 1/8" long. Not marked.
Weight: 11 ozs
Bannerman - 1933 - p 205

Tags:
knives

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