Accession No

E 1902.70.1-2

Description

A knife [.1], a thick straight blade with wide flattened central ridge and narrow cutting edges of uniform width, tapering sharply to a point; the vertical hour glass shaped handle is bound in the centre with brass wire. The sheath [.2] formed by two pieces of wood bound together with steel and brass wire, has a small tang near the top to which a narrow belt of hide is secured.

Place

Africa; ?Central Africa; ?Rwanda; North end of Lake Tanganyika: Africa; ?East Africa; ?Tanzania

Period

Source

Grogan, Ewart Scott [field collector and donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

E 1902.70.1-2; MAA: AR 1903.450

Cultural Affliation

?Nyamwezi; ?Mbugwe

Material

Wood; Metal; Steel; Brass; Hide

Local Term

Measurements

640mm

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