Donor Name:

Dr. William L. Abbott  Search this

Length - Object:

26.7 cm

Culture:

Turki  Search this

Object Type:

Knife

Place:

Kashgar, East Turkestan (Xinjiang), China, Asia

Accession Date:

21 May 1895

Notes:

FROM CARD: "LEATHER SCABBARD." FROM CARD: "175,134A. KNIFE (BICHAK).-HANDLE PLATES OF HORN; BLADE, OF FINELY GROUND STEEL, CURVING AT THE POINT; SHEATH OF BLACK LEATHER. LENGTH, 10 1/2 INCHES. TURKI TRIBE, KASHGAR, EASTERN TURKESTAN. 175,134. GIFT OF DR. W. L. ABBOTT." Note: both ledger book and old exhibit label identify as from Kashgar. The Yarkand locality on the card is perhaps a duplicating error picked up from 175133? - F. Pickering 7-30-2008

Record Last Modified:

1 Dec 2014

Specimen Count:

2

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

029359

USNM Number:

E175134-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30458b776-69d8-42aa-a568-a92018801415

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8350497