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1946.8.8.1

Sword [.1] with long narrow leaf-shaped blade and wooden handle bound with leather except the pommel. With leather-covered sheath [.2] with knob at the tip, with twisted plant fibre rope. [El.B 12/11/2007]


1946.8.8.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sword [.1] with long narrow leaf-shaped blade and wooden handle bound with leather except the pommel. With leather-covered sheath [.2] with knob at the tip, with twisted plant fibre rope. [El.B 12/11/2007]
Geographical reference
near Voi township
Cultural groups
Kamba
Person
Field collector F.S. Keen
Field collector Frederick Stewart Keen
PRM source F.S. Keen
PRM source Frederick Stewart Keen
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1946
Date collected
By 1946
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Length: max 695 mm, Length: max 485 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.8.8.1 Accession number: 1946.8.8.2

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath