Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: 'Bronze dagger with hollow handle - top expanded - broad blade with thickening just above point. HAN or earlier. This is a broken sword about 1ft 6 ins long, resharpened; note file marks (v. late).'
Event Date 1937
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy, probably bronze, dagger. The handle is hollow, the top expanded with a broad blade that thickens just above the point. This is a broken sword, that has been re-sharpened and made into a dagger.
Event Date 19/6/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Bǐshǒu. Copper dagger. The tang is cylindrical and hollow, with a flat circular pommel. The blade is short; bevelled with a prominent midrib, with thickening just above the point. The dagger appears to have been re-sharpened from a broken sword. Dark green patina; chips to the edges.
Event Date 30/10/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang