Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 3rd May 2018
Lot 1114
Four Asian knives
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £200
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Description
Four Asian knives, Sumatra (tumbok lada, or sewar), slender forward curving blade 9.5 in., horn hilt, wooden scabbard with carved projection to the horn top; another, smaller, wooden hilt; Ceylon (piha-kaetta), blade 8 in., scrolling brass collar, carved horn grip scales; Malaya (kris), flamboyant blade 9 in., wooden garuda type hilt; the last three lacking scabbards. [4]