- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dagger with ogee shaped blade, carved wooden hilt and heavy iron pommel. [SM 06/06/2007]
- Long description
- Dagger with ogee shaped blade, carved wooden hilt and heavy iron pommel. The blade is made of black coloured iron and has four holes through it in two rows of two towards the hilt. It also has a barb on either edge at the point where it begins to reduce in width before being tanged into the hilt. The hilt is expanded towards the blade and circular where it joins the circular, blunt pommel. The pommel is made of silver coloured iron. [SM 06/06/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Kasai River Kwilu River
- Cultural groups
- Tetela
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- 1907 - 1909
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1910
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Perforated, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 285 mm, Width: max 94 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1910.1.9
1910.1.9
Dagger with ogee shaped blade, carved wooden hilt and heavy iron pommel. [SM 06/06/2007]
1910.1.9
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