1933.59.1

Sword and scabbard, or takouba, from Bornu region in northern Nigeria, probably of Hausa manufacture. The sword has a large oval pommel, short hand grip and leather covered guards decorated with eight-pointed stars. The steel blade tapers to a small rounded point. The leather-covered scabbard has a recessed central panel with stamped decoration and a metal openwork panel covering a piece of red cloth. Collected by Lieut Col Robert L. Beasley DSO between 1901 and 1906.

Southern Sahara

1850 - 1906

19th century

sword, scabbard

iron alloy, leather, wood

, stamped (marking)

Houssa Work. N. Bornu (Sudan) Donor Lt. Col. R.L. Beasley, DSO July 1933