Knife
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wood
Measurements
305 mm (Length)50 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somalia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303818.1
Summary
A knife, with separate sheath, bought from an old shepherd (see Lord Egerton's note). Double edged steel blade (worn) with polished steel and wooden hilt terminating in a polished brass pommel. Collected 1937. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in Somalia, 1937.