Curved double edged sword [.1] with wooden hilt and cattle skin sheath [.2] with carrying strap. [SM 27/04/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Curved double edged sword [.1] with wooden hilt and cattle skin sheath [.2] with carrying strap. [SM 27/04/2007]
Long description: Curved double edged sword [.1] with wooden hilt and cattle skin sheath [.2] with carrying strap. The sword has a pronounced central ridge. The area immediately either side of the ridge has been dulled or painted black. The hilt is flared at either end with a brass disc at the end. The sheath is also curved and is stitched along the back. The front shows traces of red pigment. The strap has an iron buckle for fastening it around the user. [SM 27/04/2007]
Geographical reference: Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia
Person: Field collector Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger; PRM source Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909-1914
Date collected: ?1909-1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1945
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Cattle Skin Animal, Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Pigment, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Stitched, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width: max 76 mm sheath, Length: max 65 mm sword, Length: max 764 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.9.29.1 Accession number: 1945.9.29.2
Research and responses: For a brief account of the collections donated to the PRM by Wilfred Thiesiger, see 'An Incidental Collection: Objects Donated by Wilfred Thesiger to the Pitt Rivers Museum', by Jeremy Coote, in Wilfred Thesiger in Africa, edited by Christopher Morton and Philip N. Grover (London: Harper Press, 2010), pp. 116-26. [JC 21 12 2010]

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath

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