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Silver-Inlaid Betel Cutter
Min-dan, Southern Burma
early 20th century
length: 12 cm
This cutter is inlaid with silver wire, on both sides of the body and the top of the upper handle. The form of the cutter is that of a stylised parrot. According to
Fraser-Lu (1994), this cutter (kun-hnyat) is from Min-dan village in Yamethin district, Burma. Such cutters were exported to India via Madras and were often
erroneously thought in India to have originated in Madras and became known as Madras cutters.
References: Min-dan cutters are described in Fraser-Lu, S., Burmese Crafts: Past and Present, Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 148.
Inventory no.: 392 SOLD
Silver-Inlaid Betel Cutter
Min-dan, Southern Burma
early 20th century
length: 12 cm
This cutter is inlaid with silver wire, on both sides of the body and the top of the upper handle. The form of the cutter is that of a stylised parrot. According to
Fraser-Lu (1994), this cutter (kun-hnyat) is from Min-dan village in Yamethin district, Burma. Such cutters were exported to India via Madras and were often
erroneously thought in India to have originated in Madras and became known as Madras cutters.
References: Min-dan cutters are described in Fraser-Lu, S., Burmese Crafts: Past and Present, Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 148.
Inventory no.: 392 SOLD
