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Knife handle (manche de couteau), with scabbard (Front)

Knife handle (manche de couteau), with scabbard (Front)

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Coventry, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

AR.1986.85.21

Bone;iron (blade);leather (scabbard)

Height: 140 mm (scabbard)
Width: 23 mm (scabbard)
Depth: 8 mm (knife)

Figure wearing a headband or chaplet.
On the scabbard: two unidentified coats of arms and banner with geometrical patterns.

Museum's opinion 2015: English (?), 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
The handle would partly be hidden inside the scabbard, so the female head was visible above the leather.

Provenance
Found during excavations of Much Park Street in Coventry, in 1986.

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