Shotel
Ethiopian
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Horn, Wood
Measurements
40 mm (Width); 850 mm (Length); 112 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Ethiopia
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328969.1
Summary
Sword; Shotel - Two edged, double curved Ethiopian sword. Wooden and horn handle. Hole in one side of hand-guard. Engraved, silver metal dome on end of pommel.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Ethiopian , maker