1923.2.16

Knife with wooden handle. The handle is covered in leather and has a fan-shaped terminal and an iron guard. The narrow blade has a medial band of incised zig-zag decoration. Of Hausa style, although it was probably collected in Ghana. Collection of Capt Robert Powley Wild.

Ghana

1900 - 1923

20th century

iron, wood, leather

Probably Hausa. Evidence in criminal case. Obuasi, Ashanti, West Africa. R.P.Wild Colln.