| Catalog Description |
Name: knife and sheath (itan). Iron blade and handle. Flat, curved edge blade tapering to handle. handle bound with brass strips, wire and rattan. Thin brass disk hand guard. sheath of two thin flat pieces of light wood, partly covered with bark and strips of rattan. Curved, flaring end. Cordage waist string. Probably made at Kagadyanan or Pagin. Heel of blade notched slightly with file. Sheath of wood called betak; tail braced on each side with biyan reed; body wrapped with bark cloth and bejuca. |
