Kukri
Nepalese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Steel, Wood
Measurements
60 mm (Width); 460 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Nepal
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333864
Summary
Kukri knife with curved, tapering, steel blade set into a wooden handle with five plain bands. Blade has two notches at hilt end of blade, and two grooves on each side.'19th century, Nepalese, carried by Gurka troops in the British Nepalese armies' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Nepalese , maker