Kreiss Knife

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Date:Not Recorded

Description:A knife, from Kelatan, which has an ornately carved wooden handle.

The knife has a brass fixing at the top, a decorated oval shaft, and a curving metal blade. The knife has a simplified Jawa Demam type hilt, and an upright Bugis style, Malay type wooden scabbard. The 'buntut', which is the fixing at the bottom of the sheath, is missing. The knife has a brass pendorigkok at the handle and a Pamor sheath.

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Donor ref: LEAMG : M269.1917.1 (60/23238)

Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

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