Throwing weapon
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
616 mm (Length)39 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudan
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303743
Summary
A Sudanese throwing weapon with curved and pointed blade and woven leather bound grip handle. The blade decorated with incised geometric and wavy patterns. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.