Throwing weapon
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Snakeskin
Measurements
545 mm (Length)45 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudan
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303741
Summary
A Sudanese throwing weapon with sharply curved blade and with one pointed barb halfway along the blade, snakeskin covered grip handle and leather thong. The blade incised with wavy patterns. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.