1927.4.24.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Dagger [.1] with two edged tapering blade and carved bone hilt, in leather sheath [.2] with twisted leather arm loop. [SM 20/06/2007]

Long description

Dagger [.1] with two edged tapering blade and carved bone hilt, in leather sheath [.2] with twisted leather arm loop. The hilt is flared at the guard and butt. The guard is oval and the butt is round in section. The butt has been turned on a lathe. A small grey metal hemispherical boss has been affixed to the butt with an iron pin. The sheath is made of red leather and bound around the centre and at the mouth with reptile skin and around the tip, centre and mouth with a thin black leather strip. One surface is decorated with stamped geometric decoration. The arm loop is attached at the mouth through a plaited leather loop. [SM 20/06/2007]

Geographical reference

Sudan, Republic of

Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of

Khartoum State Omdurman

Person

Field collector Victor Alexander Charles Findlay

PRM source Victor Alexander Charles Findlay

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1927

Date collected

By 1927

Acquisition information

Donated: 1927

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bone, Material Reptile Skin, Material Pigment, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Stamped, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Plaited

Dimensions

Length: max 235 mm knife, Width: max 56 mm knife, Length: max 296 mm sheath - including loop, Width: max 66 mm loop, Width: max 33 mm sheath

Object numbers

Accession number: 1927.4.24.1 Accession number: 1927.4.24.2

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