19th c. Indian or Nepalese Gurkha kukri, Steel, ivory, gold, silver, wood, leather

Knife (Kukri) with Sheath, 19th century
Indian or Nepalese, Gurkha,
; H. with sheath 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm); H. without sheath 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Wt. 24.9 oz. (705.9 g); Wt. of sheath 8.2 oz. (232.5 g)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 (36.25.713a, b)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/31693

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