Knife [.1] with grooved, two-edged, pointed blade set in wooden handle covered in tooled leather. Wooden sheath [.2] covered in tooled leather with plaited, stitched and appliqué decoration and with a leather band, probably for attachment to the arm. [LM 02/07/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife [.1] with grooved, two-edged, pointed blade set in wooden handle covered in tooled leather. Wooden sheath [.2] covered in tooled leather with plaited, stitched and appliqué decoration and with a leather band, probably for attachment to the arm. [LM 02/07/2007]
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 Iron Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Wood Plant, Process Appliqué, Process Tooled, Process Plaited, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 253 mm, Length: max 370 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1991.26.16.1 Accession number: 1991.26.16.2

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