- [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]1923.2.16
- [nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]
- 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.
- [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Ghana
- [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: 41.4cm
- w, blade: 3.2cm
- Probably Hausa. Evidence in criminal case. Obuasi, Ashanti, West Africa. R.P.Wild Colln.
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