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Steel bladed knife or kukri, with handle in wood and leather sheath. Label on sheath, with number 152. Used by Gurkhas of Nepal. One of six listed in Reid's 1912 Catalogue. Inscription: handwritten label on sheath: Cookerai from Nepal. Presented 1821…

Knife, spatulate, found by Captain Bartlett of Peary's expedition in 1906 on site of English camp, North Grant Land. Belonged to crew of 'Discovery' during Arctic expedition 1875. Two paper labels - one on knife blade, one on knife handle. Label on…

Iron blade (broken) with serrated bone handle (for grip), serration may be from whipping now gone, handle construction: two-piece rivetted (5). Grave goods, Inuit (found with 6078-6117), 'belonged to chief of Button Islands'.

Sacrificial knife. One of four knives, sacrificial, used at human sacrifices previous to Spanish Conquest in 1526.

Knife/dagger/sword in steel, slightly curved towards the tip, hilt decorated in bands of iron? and steel?, 'castellated' pommel. Sheath of wood or leather covered in white canvas, leather strap covered with white canvas, with metal buckle.

Kris with straight, double-edged, damascened blade in steel. Carved wooden handle. Carved wooden sheath bearing symbols in black ink. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Madurese Kris. The letters on the sheath are the 'chop' of a Chinese pawnbrokers. Mr Arthur…

Kris with straight, double-edged damascened blade in steel. Carved wooden handle in form of female figure with flowing robes. Carved wooden scabbard with head decorated with birds, flowers etc. in black, red, gold and blue.

Kris with wavy, double-edged, damascened blade in steel. Handle finely carved ivory (animal form), gold mounted. Sheath with carved wooden head and metal body.

Sacrificial knife. One of four knives, sacrificial, used at human sacrifices previous to Spanish Conquest in 1526. Inscription: Old label: 146+22

After this come a number of small Vases, plain black, sometimes also with slight ornamentation in raised white or in lines incised down to the ground colour of clay: in one case, both styles are used together. Such ware is late; and is found in…