- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sword [.1] with straight tapering blade and round point, large iron pommel and stamped leather covered sheath [.2]. [El.B 04/09/2007]
- Long description
- Sword [.1] with straight tapering blade and round point, large iron pommel and stamped leather covered sheath [.2]. The blade has three grooves, the central groove longer than the others. The handle and cross-guard are leather-covered and then covered with copper alloy with incised floral design. The sheath has a band of copper alloy and other metal with openwork and incised design at the top and a green leather openwork band near the tip. [El.B 04/09/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Tuareg Berber
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1874
- Date collected
- ?By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Stamped, Process Forged (Metal), Process Grooved, Process Incised, Process Riveted, Process Openwork
- Dimensions
- Length: max 940 mm, Length: max 790 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.24.103.1 Accession number: 1884.24.103.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 1074
- Research and responses
See Spring, 1993: 28 and 30 'Tuareg weaponry typically includes .. a long bladed sword, takouba ... is invariably the product of many hands. The blades are often of European origin while the tooled leather sheath and baldric straps may be the work of Hausa craftsmen. ..' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
1884.24.103.1
Sword [.1] with straight tapering blade and round point, large iron pommel and stamped leather covered sheath [.2]. [El.B 04/09/2007]
1884.24.103.1
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