Sword with etched blade, copper alloy quillons and a hilt bound with leather. [SM 25/04/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword with etched blade, copper alloy quillons and a hilt bound with leather. [SM 25/04/2007]
Long description: Sword with etched blade, copper alloy quillons and a hilt bound with leather. The blade is etched with a pattern which is derived from Arabic script. The quillons are slightly flared with short langets attached to grip on to a scabbard. The grip has a small pommel. [SM 25/04/2007]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Person: Field collector H.L. Chittenden; PRM source H.L. Chittenden
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: By 1907
Acquisition information: Donated: 1907
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Etched, Process Cast, Process Bound, Process Inscribed, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length: max 1030 mm, Width: max 133 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1907.33.7
Research and responses: This object is discussed and illustrated in an unpublished and undated (1997) report by Tristan Arbousse-Bastide entitled 'Sudanese Swords from the Pitt Rivers Museum Representative of the "kaskara" Type'. Copy in RDF: Researchers: Arbousse-Bastide. [JC 10 10 2019]
Associated publications: This object features in the Museum's audio guide produced during the DCF-funded 'Cutting Edge’ project, 2007-2009. [HH 20/06/2010]

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