Knife Set "Kukri"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Col. J. A. Mendelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: SHEATHED KNIFE W/ 2 ACCOMPANYING UTILITY KNIVES. DONOR'S REMARKS: "BURMESE KUCKREE...A RITUAL...AS DESCRIBED TO ME, WHEN A MALE CHILD REACHES THE PROPER AGE, HE MUST EARN THE RIGHT TO HIS KUCKREE-AN INVOLVED CEREMONY." FURTHER INDICATES THEY ARE WORN BY BURMESE TROOPS SERVING W/ BRITISH ARMED FORCES. GOOD CONDITION. (1/4) KNIFE: (L. 41.5CM, W. 6CM) SHORT, SINGLE-EDGED IN CURVED BLADE W/ SPINAL GROOVES AND INDENTED NOTCH AT HILT. WOODEN HILT GROOVED. W/ FLARING POMMEL, BUTTED W/ METAL DISC. NO GUARDS. (2/4) UTILITY KNIFE (L. 12 CM, W. 3CM) SMALL KNIFE W/ SHORT SINGLE EDGED BLADE AND FLARING WOOD GRIP. (3/4) UTILITY KNIFE (L. 11CM., W. 2.5CM) SMALL KNIFE W/ SHORT SINGLE EDGED BLADE AND FLARING WOOD GRIP. (4/4) SHEATH (L. 34CM, W. 7.5CM) WOODEN SHEATH COVERED OVERALL W/ BLACK TANNED LEATHER. THREE SMALLER COMPARTMENTS FOR UTILITY KNIVES (ONE MISSING).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Burma (Myanmar), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Burmese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424628-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 4, Knife
content: 41.5 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 4, Knife
content: 6 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 4, Utility Knife
content: 12 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 4, Utility Knife
content: 3 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 4, Utility Knife
content: 11 cm
label: Width - 3 Of 4, Utility Knife
content: 2.5 cm
label: Length - 4 Of 4, Sheath
content: 34 cm
label: Width - 4 Of 4, Sheath
content: 7.5 cm