dagger
- Museum number
- Af,+.3619.a
- Description
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Dagger with iron blade and wooden sheath, bound with brass wire.
- Production date
- 1850s (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 16.50 centimetres
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Width: 1.70 centimetres
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Depth: 1.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Slip records a comment from J T Last: "Yao type".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Acquisition notes
- Af,+.3612 to 3632 is a group of objects from different parts of Africa acquired by A W Franks from the dealer 'Fenton', and given by him to the BM on 5 November 1887.
For the provenance, see the comment on Af,+.3612.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.3619.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1887C2.3619a (old CDMS no.)