Machete
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Horn, Steel
Measurements
690 mm (Length)80 mm (W)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303839.2
Summary
One of two machetes, the single edged steel blades stamped COLLINS and Co HARTFORD No.157. Horn hilts. Associated label. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Marks and inscriptions
Used by the natives of Caracas, Venezuela. For slashing their way through the jungle (Associated label)