- [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]1923.2.14
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- Knife with wooden waisted handle and rounded pommel; the blade is narrow and sharply pointed with incised zig-zag decoration. The handle has a leather covering. The register states it is a Moshie (Mossi, Burkina Faso) knife, although it was probably collected in Ghana. Collection of Capt Robert Powley Wild.
- [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Burkina Faso
- [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]1900 - 1923
- [nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]20th century
- [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
- [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
- [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- l: 27.9cm
- w, blade: 2.5cm
- Moshie knife, Evidence in criminal case, Obuasi, Ashanti, West Africa R.P. Wild Colln
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