Object Number | AF3173 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Swahili |
Provenience | Kenya |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Long, narrow leaf-shaped blade with short tang, the insertion of which in the shaft is reinforced with a spiral wrapping of thong. Socketed ferrule, of which the lower portion (with rectangular section) ends in a pointed oval. |
Length | 166 cm |
Width | 4.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 3657 - Field No SF |
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