1946.3.17.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Sword [.1] with leather bound wooden hilt and decorated leather sheath [.2] with a belt. [SM 25/04/2007]

Long description

Sword [.1] with leather bound wooden hilt and decorated leather sheath [.2] with a belt. The sword has a straight blade. The quillons are slightly flared with short langets attached to grip the sheath. The hilt is bound with thin strips of leather and the pommel has bound with a larger piece of leather. The sheath is decorated on both sides with stamped geometric patterns and has a chape and mouth that are bound with reptile skin. This skin has been stitched along the back of the sheath to secure it. The end of the sheath is 'tongue-shaped'. The belt is attached to two lockets on the sheath with iron loops. These lockets have a layer of reptile skin attached to them and two leather tags which are kite-shaped and decorated with similar stamped geometric patterns to the sheath. The belt is also made of leather and is stamped with similar decorative patterns. It has two tassels of bound leather. [SM 25/04/2007]

Geographical reference

Sudan, Republic of

Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of

Khartoum

Person

Field collector Henry Balfour

PRM source Henry Balfour

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1939?, uncertain

Date collected

?By 1939

Acquisition information

Donated: Unknown date, uncertain Found unentered: 1946

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Reptile Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stamped, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Decorated, Process Stitched

Dimensions

Width: max 162 mm sword, Width: max 63 mm sheath, Length: max 988 mm together

Object numbers

Accession number: 1946.3.17.1 Accession number: 1946.3.17.2

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath