Dagger
Title
Dagger
Description
Metal dagger with cloth strips tied between blade and handle. Woven cloth is in 3 colors: red beige and dark gray (perhaps from charring) and two plain weaves (one coarse). Above blade are two curving hilt guards. Slender handle has five 1/4" x 5" rods each curved in a semicircular shape and attached to the handle at both ends. Each rod has seven metal disks suspended on it with the rod passing through their 1/2" diameter holes (the disks are about 1.5" in diameter). Dimensions: Length: 17" total 8.25" blade Width: 1.75" blade 4" hilt guards 1/2" blade in center 3.75" at loops
Identifier
1983.052.011