1884.24.104.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Short sword [.1] with straight pointed single edged blade, horn hilt mounted with gilded metal, with sheath [.2] mounted with gilded metal. [El.B 22/08/2007]

Long description

Short sword [.1] with straight pointed single edged blade, horn hilt mounted with gilded metal, with sheath [.2] mounted with gilded metal. The sword has a cross-piece and t-shaped pommel, both covered with gilded metal incised with various patterns. The sheath is of wood, almost entirely covered with gilded metal incised with various patterns on one side. Where it is not covered with metal it is covered with red velvet. Two rings are attached to the sheath, with a larger ring threaded through one of them. [El.B 22/08/2007]

Geographical reference

Tunisia

Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia

Tunis

Cultural groups

Moor

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1862

Date collected

By 1862

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Velvet Textile, Material Animal Horn, Material Gilt Metal, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised

Dimensions

Length: max 636 mm, Length: max 520 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.24.104.1 Accession number: 1884.24.104.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 1073 PR Cat other PR nos: 3270 Other PRM accession number: 1884.24.104b

Research and responses

This object is discussed and illustrated in an unpublished and undated (February 1997) report by Tristan Arbousse-Bastide entitled 'The Unusual Tunisian? Daggers from the Pitt-Rivers Museum Oxford'. Copy in RDF: Researchers: Arbousse-Bastide. [JC 10 10 2019]

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath