sword
- Museum number
- Af1939,07.28.a
- Description
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Sword of steel, wood and brass wire.
- Dimensions
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Height: 71 centimetres (a)
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Height: 57.70 centimetres (b)
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Width: 4.40 centimetres (a)
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Width: 6.60 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 3.30 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 2 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1939:
'Swords used by Asben salt-importers; northern border of northern Nigeria'.
Similar to AF1939,07.26: Composite sword, in leather scabbard.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- 1-30,34,35 Collected by donor in northern Nigeria between 1909 and 1934.
Collected by donor in northern Nigeria, 1913.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1939,07.28.a
