SE Asia Knife #3
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			This one is just under 8" / 20 cm.  Carved bone handle with elephant motif & brass or bronze bolster.  No writing or decoration on the blade, which is an unusual shape, does anyone know if this type of knife had a specific purpose as a tool? The blade is fairly sharp. Like some of the others, the tip of the handle looks to have been put in a fire and blackened, perhaps some type of ceremony -- the large knife I posted first also showed evidence of this.
		 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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