1933.59.6

Sword and scabbard from northern Nigeria. The sword has a rounded copper alloy pommel with a transverse perforation, wooden hand grip and sloping shoulders covered in leather. The steel blade tapers to a small rounded point and has three longitudinal grooves on the blade. The middle groove extends to almost half way down the blade, the two outers terminate higher up with a stamped symbol, possibly of a crescent moon. The wooden scabbard is leather-covered with tooled decoration with copper alloy stregtheners and chape. A leather strap joins the two stregtheners. Collected by Lieut Col Robert L. Beasley DSO between 1901 and 1906.

Northern Nigeria

1850 - 1906

19th century

sword, scabbard

steel, leather, copper alloy, wood

, stamped (marking)