throwing-knife
- Museum number
- Af1926,1015.7
- Description
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Throwing knife made of iron, leather.
- Dimensions
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Height: 79.60 centimetres
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Width: 15.40 centimetres
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Depth: 0.10 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 - punched decoration on upper part and cross piece, leather handle. One of five, with upturned tips, made at Bodo; the pattern used by Loie sub-tribe of Sara M'Bai 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. ...bought from the owner at the village of Boro ...'
- 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
- Af1926,1015.7
