Catalogue LS-093

Mentawai

Region
Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
Culture
Mentawai
Object type
Sword
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Materials

Wood, Iron, Horn, Rattan

Size

56 cm

Description

Dagger - Palitai or Palittei. Wood, Iron, deer horn, rattan. 20th century. Length. Published in Feldman, Jerome et al., MENTAWAI ART, Singapore: Archipelago Press, 1999; p. 67, cat. No. MA18.