Two-bladed dagger [.1] with bone handle and etched blades, with two crocodile skin sheaths [.2, .3] [SM 18/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Two-bladed dagger [.1] with bone handle and etched blades, with two crocodile skin sheaths [.2, .3] [SM 18/06/2007]
Long description: Two-bladed dagger [.1] with bone handle and etched blades, with two crocodile skin sheaths [.2, .3] The blades are etched on both surfaces and are tanged into a central bone handle, with a carved grip with four small concave, possibly for placing fingers. The two sheaths are made of wood and covered with crocodile skin that is stitched down one edge with leather thongs. [SM 18/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Purchased: 27/05/1924
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Crocodile Skin Reptile, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bone, Process Forged (Metal), Process Etched, Process Carved, Process Covered, Process Inscribed, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 719 mm dagger in sheaths
Object numbers: Accession number: 1924.62.31.1 Accession number: 1924.62.31.2 Accession number: 1924.62.31.3
Associated publications: Discussed on page 24 of Nigerian Panoply: Arms and Armour of the Northern Region, by A. D. H. Bihar (no place: Department of Antiquities, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1964). [JC 10 10 2019]

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