Knife
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Horn, Metal
Measurements
350 mm (Length)60 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somalia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304633.1
Summary
A Somali knife with separate sheath and belt, with single edged blade and horn hilt terminating in brass trident pommel. Leather sheath and buckled belt decorated with incised geometric patterns. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.