Curved steel ceremonial sword with wooden handle decorated with gold leaf
- maker:
- Ashanti people
Curved steel ceremonial sword with wooden handle decorated with gold leaf, Ashanti, West African, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A180122
- Materials:
- steel, gold, leaf and handle, wood
- type:
- ceremonial sword
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)