Wooden club with leather covered handle and carrying strap.

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden club with leather covered handle and carrying strap.
Long description: Wooden club with leather covered handle and carrying strap. The leather handle consists of a large piece of brown and black leather that has been wrapped around the shaft and stitched at the back. Strips of green and brown leather have been woven into this and the end nearest the head has been bound with a thin strip of brown leather.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Hausa
Person: Field collector Henry Noel Kempthorne; PRM source Henry Noel Kempthorne
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Pigment, Process Covered, Process Stitched, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 48 mm, Length: max 710 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.1.3

Search terms: Weapon, Status, Club

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