sword
- Museum number
- Af,+.888.a
- Description
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Sword with curved blade of European make, with handle covered with black leather; the sheath has hide on one side and on the other compartments of violet velvet and scarlet cloth with embroidery in green and white leather.
- Production date
- 1874-8 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 54.50 centimetres (a+b)
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Height: 54.30 centimetres (a)
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Height: 50.20 centimetres (b)
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Width: 7.70 centimetres (a)
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Width: 21.20 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 3.20 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 2.80 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Slip records: 'Carried by natives, Lagos.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Acquisition notes
- Af,+.881 to Af,+.963.a were given to the BM by A W Franks on 1 October 1878. This is a single collection that he had acquired from Mrs Elizabeth Dumaresq, which had been formed by her late husband John Dumaresq, while he was the Administrator of Lagos between 1874 and 1878.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.888.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1878C2.888a (old CDMS no.)