Kukri
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1866
Materials
wood, metal and leather
Measurements
552 mm (L); 40 mm (W); 30 mm (D); 498 mm (L)
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 833662
Summary
Ghurka kukri from East Nepal, circa 1866. With leather scabbard.
Provenance
Presented to Miss Ward c1866. Purchased from the 7th Lord Bangor in 1967 with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund.
Marks and inscriptions
KUKERI (Lower Nepaal) (handwritten on label glued on hilt)