- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Grooved iron dagger [.1] with incised geometric decoration on blade and leather-covered wooden handle. Tooled, stitched leather sheath [.2] with woven thong decoration near the tip. [LM 11/06/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Hausa
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1950
- Date collected
- By 1950
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1950
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Incised, Process Tooled
- Dimensions
- Length: max 305 mm, Length: max 223 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1950.3.8.1 Accession number: 1950.3.8.2
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