Kukri (Knife) and Sheath used by the Gorkhas
Unknown Nepalese, Nepalese
1920
Steel, wood, ivory, leather, and brass
Overall: 16 1/4 in. (41.2 cm)
Overall: 11 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (30.3 × 5.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Morgan J. McGuire, Class of 1955
55.29.13310
Geography
Place Made: Himalayan Region, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Winter 2019
Provenance
Collected by Lt. Edward McGuire USMC, about 1900; to his son, Morgan J. McGuire (1933-1971, Class of 1955); given to present collection, 1955.
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