sword-sheath
- Museum number
- Af1939,07.28.b
- Description
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Sword-sheath of wood, leather, reptile skin, vegetable fibre and cloth.
- Dimensions
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Length: 28 inches (with sword [AF1939,07.28a])
- 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.b
