Sheath
P1232B
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Parang |
| Object Number | P1232B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Bark | Glass | Rattan Peel | Cotton | Hair |
| Description | Two flat pieces of wood lashed together with rattan peel (two decorative wrappings) and metal wire. Zones of raised carving with two pairs of faces. Attached to it, a bark sheath for a small knife.Beaded hanger with two large beaded tassels (beads mainly yellow, red, black, with some white and one blue). Wrappings on hanger of colored yarn (red, green, black, yellow) and red cloth. |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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