29th Sep, 2017 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 79
 

79

A 19th Century Batak ";Rawit"; (Knife), Sumatra, the 16cm straight back steel blade with...

A 19th Century Batak "Rawit" (Knife), Sumatra, the 16cm straight back steel blade with slightly curved edge, wood pistol grip type handle bound with bands of silver, with silver mounted wood scabbard, bears old inventory number 216 ,said to have been a gift from H Pantelkoek; a Very Similar Rawit, lacks scabbard (2)

Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

1 - Blade has three chips to the edge at the tip with a flaw crevice to the right side. There is a small split to the wood grip. The pommel is missing a spike from the centre - vacant hole. The wood scabbard has slight separation at the seams. 2 - The blade is greasy/dirty, otherwise ok. The wood grip has four small splits running along the grain.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 29th Sep, 2017

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