Throwing weapon
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
595 mm (Length)34 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudan
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303739
Summary
A Sudanese throwing weapon with wavy-edged blade and woven leather bound grip handle. The blade is decorated with incised wavy patterns. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.