Leather and snakeskin sheath/pouch containing four shaftless arrows, a thick bladed iron knife with snakeskin covered handle and a stone, African, 1860-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656678
- Measurements:
-
sheath/pouch: 220 mm x 95 mm 62 mm,
- type:
- sheaths
Parts
Steel arrowhead with part of wooden shaft
Arrowhead, lanceolate tip, long shaft socket, spiked tang
Arrowhead, wooden shaft bound with leather strap
Knife, thick steel blade, bulbous handle, snakeskin covered
Grey stone, holed end for suspending cord
