Dagger

42-30-606A

From: Somalia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 42-30-606A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Somalia
Section African
Materials Iron | Ivory | Silver | Brass
Description

Double edged iron blade with bevelled edges; sides almost parallel for two-thirds their length, then convex to sharp point; slight medial ridge on each face with three annulets near base. Tang inserted in ivory grio which has a brass edge where it fits over the blade; the actual grip is a long cylindrical section with triple horn band at its base; the far end is wide and lentoid in section, and is surmounted by a long, facted, silver knob bound at its base with silver wire.

Length 42.7 cm
Width 6.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942
Other Number 81 - Collector Number

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