Knife
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper, Metal, Wood
Measurements
270 mm (Length)40 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somalia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303938
Summary
A Somali knife in a separate animal skin sheath, with single edged blade and wooden hilt, the grip bound with copper wire. Lord Egerton's number 510C. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.