1933.59.8

Sword from northern Nigeria. The sword with a small brass pommel and hand grip covered with red leather. The steel blade tapers slightly to a small rounded point, the upper portion with three longitudinal grooves. Collected by Lieut Col Robert L. Beasley DSO between 1901 and 1906.

Northern Nigeria

1850 - 1906

19th century

steel, leather, copper alloy, wood