Object Number | 42-30-610A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Morocco |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Horn (animal part) |
Description | Curved iron blade, double-edged for rather more than half its length, and tapering to point; the concave edge is the fully sharp one, the sharp part of the convex edge is bevelled on both faces. Slight engraved decoration and two round piercings connected by a small rectangular piercing near the grip. Tang inserted through flat, two-piece horn grip held together by a band of iron around its base and a band lengthwise of the grip. |
Length | 40 cm |
Width | 5.4 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 13-a - Collector Number |
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