Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

2006.80.29

Metal arrow-head or knife.

2006.80.29

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Metal arrow-head or knife.
Long description
Iron arrow-head or knife. The leaf-shaped blade is 38 mm long and 13 mm wide. It is slightly ridged in along the centre. This is more pronounced on one side than on the other. The arrow-head is tanged [or if it is a knife then it has a handle]. The length of the tang is approximately 138 mm. At the opposite end to the blade the tang or handle is split and bent for a length of 6 mm. Both the tip of the blade and the tip of the tang are pointed. The tang or handle is twisted at the end that becomes the blade for a length of approximately 19 mm. There are remains of an unknown substance on the blade. [MdeA 30/08/2006]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person
Field collector Hamo Sassoon
PRM source Meredith Sassoon
Date
Date collected
1957 - 1962?
Acquisition information
Donated: 14/10/2005
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal
Dimensions
Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 171 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2006.80.29

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Weapon, Arrow-head, Knife