dagger (weapons: edged)

'Telek', dagger.
Metal dagger with a wooden cruciform hilt. The blade is decorated in the centre on either side with an engraved crescent moon with a human eye, nose and mouth. There are four stars to the sides of each moon also. The hilt is made of wood but is largely encased in thin sheets of metal.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1971.1121a
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 679 mm x 73 mm x 37 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal; wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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