Knife [.1] with asymmetrical two edged blade and wooden handle, in wooden sheath [.2] [SM 26/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife [.1] with asymmetrical two edged blade and wooden handle, in wooden sheath [.2] [SM 26/06/2007]
Long description: Knife [.1] with asymmetrical two edged blade and wooden handle, in wooden sheath [.2] The blade has a central ridge. The handle is flared at both ends and has a small cylindrical projection at the butt. The sheath is made from a single piece of wood and has a carved projection on the back with a hole through it for attaching a carrying cord to. [SM 26/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of
Person: Field collector William John Ansorge; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 11/06/1895
Date collected: 11 June 1895
Acquisition information: Donated: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 47 mm knife, Length: max 247 mm knife, Length: max 197 mm sheath, Width: max 50 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.4.137.1 Accession number: 1901.4.137.2
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour as Fig. 245 on page 398 of 'Africa, Oceania and the Americas', by Jeremy Coote, in Arthur MacGregor (ed.), The Cobbe Cabinet of Curiosities: An Anglo-Irish Country House Museum (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2015), pp. 374–403. Caption (page 399): 'Busoga knife and sheath from Tanzania, bought at Stevens Auction Rooms on 12 February 1901, now in the Ansorge collection, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, inv. no. 1901.4.137. Note the label, which is identical with that on the Bukusuu reaping-knife in the Cobbe collection.' [JC 22 4 2015]

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife, Sheath, Dagger