Knife [.1] with broad triangular leaf blade and wooden handle, in flat wooden sheath [.2] covered with monitor skin [SM 13/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife [.1] with broad triangular leaf blade and wooden handle, in flat wooden sheath [.2] covered with monitor skin [SM 13/06/2007]
Long description: Knife [.1] with broad triangular leaf blade and wooden handle, in flat wooden sheath [.2] covered with monitor skin. The knife has a sharp pointed tip. The wooden handle has a crossguard and a discoidal pommel. The sheath is made from two pieces of wood, covered with monitor lizard skin that covers the front and most of the back and is stitched along the back to hold it in place. [SM 13/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Gabon
Africa > Central Africa > Gabon; Unknown
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 Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Monitor Lizard Skin Reptile, Material String, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Stitched, Process Covered
Dimensions: Length: max 301 mm knife in sheath, Width: max 116 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.24.194.1 Accession number: 1884.24.194.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 1090

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