Jambiya (dagger) and sheath

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Photo by John Bentham.
Jambiya (dagger) and sheath
Photo by John Bentham.
Date1850-1943
MediumSteel, dyed and inlaid bone or horn, leather, wood, brass
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (29.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object number1943.17
On view
DescriptionGreen-handled dagger with inlaid designs and black wood and leather sheath with small wire decoration on back.
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Alternate Titles Dagger in sheath
Photo by John Bentham.
Bozdogan
Date: 18th century
Medium: Iron, brass
Object number: 2023.10.35
Knife sheath
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Photo by John Bentham.
Kris (sword)
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, brass, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.33a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Kris (sword)
Date: before 1860
Medium: Iron, wood, twine
Object number: 2023.10.39a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Ojibwa Bow
Date: c. 1834
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.548
Photo by John Bentham.
Shield
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood with red ochre and black pigment
Object number: 2023.10.25
Photo by John Bentham.
Shield
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood with red ochre and black pigment
Object number: 2023.10.26
Spoon
Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain sheep horn with leather
Object number: 1984.462
Bow
Bow
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, sinew, hide and black paint
Object number: 1984.554
Image Not Available for Sinew-backed bow
Sinew-backed bow
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood and sinew
Object number: 1984.555
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College…
A VERY EASY DEATH
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Knife sheath
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541