Knife
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal, Wood
Measurements
330 mm (Length)55 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somalia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304630
Summary
A Somali knife, sheath and belt, the double edged blade with wooden hilt terminating in a trident shaped metal pommel. The leather sheath and buckled belt decorated with leather stitching and incised linear patterns. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.