Dagger [.1] with single edged grooved blade inscribed 'ANDREA I FERARA' (partly illegible). The silver-mounted hilt is bound in shagreen. With tooled and stitched leather sheath [.2]. [LM 24/10/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dagger [.1] with single edged grooved blade inscribed 'ANDREA I FERARA' (partly illegible). The silver-mounted hilt is bound in shagreen. With tooled and stitched leather sheath [.2]. [LM 24/10/2007]
Geographical reference: Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia; Magdala [Magdela]
Person: Field collector H.W. Berkeley; Field collector Henry William Berkeley; PRM source Wolstan Edward Francis Berkeley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1866
Date collected: 1866
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1945
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Shagreen Skin Fish, Process Inscribed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Stitched, Process Tooled, Process Grooved
Dimensions: Length: max 353 mm, Length: max 470 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.6.7.1 Accession number: 1945.6.7.2
Research and responses: Henry William Berkeley was uncle to Hubert and Wolstan Berkeley and could be the original collector of this object, he is the only close relative with the initials HW [AP 29/04/2014]

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