throwing-knife
- Museum number
- Af1926,1015.6
- Description
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Throwing knife made of iron.
- Dimensions
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Height: 72.50 centimetres
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Width: 16.90 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 274 - list of Native Articles collected by Major Powell-Cotton in Chad Colony and Sanga Forest, 1925. There are three throwing knives in the collection but this is presumably:
'Throwing Knife - One of a set of four, made at Suma, the pattern used by the Sara M'Bai tribe inhabiting the country to the N.W. of the junction of the Nana Baria and the Bahr Sara Rivers, between approximately 7'40 and 8.50 N and 16.30 (?) [sic] and 17.40 E. The knives are carried on the left shoulder, usually two or more; the more well-to-do carry four in a raw hide softened leather case ...bought from the owner at Dakuru village ...'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Acquisition notes
- Af1926,1015.1 to 16 were given by Major P H G Powell-Cotton, and were collected by him in Chad Colony and Sanga Forest. There are associated photographs and documents. The register has comments on each item.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1926,1015.6
