1913.31.17.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Iron throwing-knife [.1] - 'F' shaped, in hide sheath [.2] with three other throwing knives [1913.31.18, 1913.31.19, 1913.31.20]. [SM 05/06/2007]

Long description

Iron throwing-knife [.1] - 'F' shaped, in hide sheath [.2] with three other throwing knives [1913.31.18, 1913.31.19, 1913.31.20]. The knife has a long straight handle with a forwards projecting spur with a pointed tip. After the spur the blade curves forward to a pointed tip. The top surface of the knife has widthways indentations along the blade, spur and at the bottom of the handle. The butt is pointed. The sheath is made of animal hide stitched together with hide strips. It has an attached section for protecting the knife spurs and is edged with plaited leather strips. The leather near the mouth of the sheath has four triangle shapes cut out of it. [SM 05/06/2007]

Geographical reference

Nigeria

Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria

Person

Field collector Olive Susan Miranda Temple

PRM source Olive Susan Miranda Temple

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1911

Date collected

1910 - 1911

Acquisition information

Donated: 1913

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Stitched, Process Plaited

Dimensions

Width: max 161 mm knife, Width: max 205 mm sheath, Length: max 738 mm knife, Length: max 656 mm sheath

Object numbers

Accession number: 1913.31.17.1 Accession number: 1913.31.17.2

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Throwing Knife, Sheath