Knife [.1] with long pointed leaf-shaped iron blade with incised triangle at base and wooden handle with slight cross-guard. Flat wooden sheath [.2] not yet found. [LM 02/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife [.1] with long pointed leaf-shaped iron blade with incised triangle at base and wooden handle with slight cross-guard. Flat wooden sheath [.2] not yet found. [LM 02/07/2007]
Geographical reference: Gabon
Africa > Central Africa > Gabon; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1881
Date collected: ?Prior to 1881
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 315 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.24.192 Other numbers: 102 [Anthropological Institute] PR no.: 680/ 12394

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