Dagger [.1] with leaf shaped blade and decoratively carved wooden handle, in a decoratively carved wooden sheath [.2]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dagger [.1] with leaf shaped blade and decoratively carved wooden handle, in a decoratively carved wooden sheath [.2]
Long description: Dagger [.1] with leaf shaped blade and decoratively carved wooden handle, in a decoratively carved wooden sheath [.2] The handle and sheath are decorated with carved zigzag designs. The handle is rectangular in plan and section. The sheath is initially rectangular in plan, then it expands, before tapering to a blunt tip. It is bound at the mouth and above the chape with iron wire and with string around the centre. The chape is made of a sheet of iron, bound around the tip. A carved projection with a hole on it is sited below the mouth. This is for attaching a carrying strap through. [SM 27/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Malawi
Africa > Eastern Africa > Malawi
Person: Field collector John Edward Hine; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source John Edward Hine
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: Before 1891
Acquisition information: Donated: 1891
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material String, Material Metal Wire, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length: max 258 mm sheath, Width: max 30 mm dagger, Length: max 290 mm dagger, Width: max 44 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1891.38.4.1 Accession number: 1891.38.4.2

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