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Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-16578a-c, described as Ghurka knives"; steel, ivory, bone, leather. Attr. to India, Biahr, Ghurka*. * also live in nearby Himalayas. Two knives missing from this specimen, (a) knife; steel blade, ivory handle; l. 40.5 cm.; (b) knife, steel blade, bone handle, l. 13 cm.; (c) scabbard, leather, 4 compartments / steel reinforced tip; l. 31.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-16577a-d, described as Ghurka knives"; Leather, steel, wood, bone. India, Bihar, Ghurka (attr. - Ghurkas also live in Himalayas). Used by the Ghurkas of north India and nearby Himalayas. One knife missing. (a) knife: steel blade, wood handle w/inlaid bone diamonds and roundels; l. 39.5 cm.; (b) knife, steel blade w/grained wood handle, l. 14 cm.; (c) knife, steel blade w/grained handle, l. 13 cm.; (d) scabbard / 4 compartments; leather w/wood reinforcement in main compartment; l. 35.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-16579a-d, described as Ghurka knives"; steel, wood, leather. Attr. to India, Biahr, Ghurka*. * also live in nearby Himalayas. One knife missing from this specimen. (a) knife w/steel blade, Rosewood-type handle w/diamond and roundels inlaid in metal; l. 46.4 cm.; (b) and (c) are steel w/grained wood handles; l. (b) 13.8 cm, l. (c) 11.4 cm; (d) scabbard, leather w/wood reinforcement in main compartment; divided into four compartments; l. 38 cm.