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Old 4th June 2009, 09:50 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by asomotif
I wonder if museums would be willing to spend such an amount on one knife ?

Nice knife btw
I think that would depend on which museum.
Don't get me wrong. I am not, in general, against personal ownership of cultural items. But this is not an everyman's dagger, or even a wealthy man's dagger. Daggers like these are akin in my mind to the royal regalia of one of the Javanese kraton. They have deep historical and cultural importance and significance.
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