Wooden carved object, truncheon shaped with brass ferrule at end. The top is grooved. There is a leather loop at the top end. The stick tapers towards the bottom end. [BS [OPS move] 30/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden carved object, truncheon shaped with brass ferrule at end. The top is grooved. There is a leather loop at the top end. The stick tapers towards the bottom end. [BS [OPS move] 30/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia
Cultural groups: Arab
Person: Field collector Robert Ernest Cheesman; PRM source Mrs R.J. Townsend-Coles
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1944?, uncertain
Date collected: 1914 - 1944 ?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1997
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Grooved
Dimensions: Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 485 mm, Depth: max 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1997.42.35

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