Knife sheath
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Copper, Hide
Measurements
270 mm (Length)40 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somalia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303938.2
Summary
A sheath for a Somali knife. Skin sheath decorated with copper wire and brass strips. Lord Egerton's number 510C. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.