Throwing-knife with five pointed spur-like blades and an angled serrated tip. With a leather and reptile skin bound handle. [SM 05/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Throwing-knife with five pointed spur-like blades and an angled serrated tip. With a leather and reptile skin bound handle. [SM 05/06/2007]
Long description: Throwing-knife with five pointed spur-like blades and an angled serrated tip. With a leather and reptile skin bound handle. The blade is decorated with stamped/punched circles, often with radiating lines coming from them. The tip is angled with a square, serrated end with stamped/punched circles along its length. The body of the blade also has triangular notches along both edges. The handle has a plaited leather band at either end of the grip and has a rounded, flat butt. [SM 05/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Person: Field collector Evelyn Maude Bubb; PRM source Evelyn Maude Bubb
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: 1891
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Reptile Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stamped, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Decorated, Process Punched
Dimensions: Length: max 413 mm, Width: max 64 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.19.5