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Handle
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Handle

1500 - 1600 · horn (animal material); baleen

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Knife handle mounted with balein and square mother-of-pearl plates, ending in a bird's head carved from horn. A fragment of the blade remains.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
messenhefthaft
Credit lineHeft. 1500 - 1600. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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