Curved two-edged sword [.1], centre rib with etched band on each side, with wooden handle. With hide sheath and belt [.2]. [El.B 28/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Curved two-edged sword [.1], centre rib with etched band on each side, with wooden handle. With hide sheath and belt [.2]. [El.B 28/06/2007]
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 Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Iron Metal, Process Etched, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 785 mm, Length: max 670 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.9.30.1 Accession number: 1945.9.30.2
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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