Knife [.1] with notched and grooved iron blade in leather-covered wooden handle decorated with green leather strips. In leather sheath [.2] decorated with painting, tooling and applied green leather strips. [LM 09/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife [.1] with notched and grooved iron blade in leather-covered wooden handle decorated with green leather strips. In leather sheath [.2] decorated with painting, tooling and applied green leather strips. [LM 09/07/2007]
Long description: Sheath has two plaited leather loops to which a strap is tied, and a (broken) leather fastener to hold the knife in place. Blade has been coated in varnish. [LM 09/07/2007]
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana; Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person: Field collector Darius Rosser-Roberts; PRM source Kenneth Douglas Rosser-Roberts
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1900
Date collected: circa 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 09/1991
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Iron Metal, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Tooled, Process Appliqué, Process Painted, Process Notched, Process Grooved
Dimensions: Length: max 550 mm, Length: max 550 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1991.26.15.1 Accession number: 1991.26.15.2

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