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Knife sheath and knife handle from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia
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Knife sheath and knife handle from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia

anonymous · 1742 · leather; bone (material)

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

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Knife, handle in scabbard, cylindrical: tapering; handle, slightly bulbous flat upper end, end mounted with coin, obverse eroded, reverse relieved inscription [STAD UTRECHT 1742], ferrule at lower end: fragm of (le) scabbard, eroded, circular in section, pointed tapering lower end.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
messenheftmesschedeVerenigde Oostindische CompagnieHollandia (schip)Annet
Credit lineMesschede en messenheft uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia. 1742. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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