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Ceremonial knife

Category: Hunting / Fishing / Warring

Description

A knife is the most important implement of the aborigines. Most are used for working, defense or hunting, some for ceremonial purposes. All Taiwanese knives are made from iron blade and wooden sheath carved in one piece of wood. But only the Paiwan, the Rukai, the Puyuma and the Yami adorn the sheaths with motives that traditionally appear on lintels and house posts.

Additional information

reference

RU0601

material

Copper, Iron, Wood

period

1920s

dimensions

66 x 4 cm

source

Rick Bates, USA

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