Dagger [.1] with two edged blade and flared wooden handle, in an embossed or stamped leather sheath [.2] [SM 15/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dagger [.1] with two edged blade and flared wooden handle, in an embossed or stamped leather sheath [.2] [SM 15/06/2007]
Long description: Dagger [.1] with two edged blade and flared wooden handle, in an embossed or stamped leather sheath [.2] The blade and handle have central ribs. The sheath has a small loop near the mouth made of plaited leather. [SM 15/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Northern Sudan Dunqulah [Dongola Dunkula]
Person: Field collector Thomas Mowbray Martin Berkeley; PRM source Wolstan Edward Francis Berkeley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1885
Date collected: 1885
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1945
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Decorated, Process Embossed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Length: max 171 mm sheath, Width: max 37 mm sheath, Width: max 46 mm dagger, Length: max 238 mm dagger
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.6.3.1 Accession number: 1945.6.3.2
Research and responses: Dunqulah: also spelled DONGOLA, OR DUNKULA, town, northern Sudan. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica [MR 2/8/2000]

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