Leather and snakeskin sheath/pouch containing four shaftless arrows, a thick bladed iron knife with snakeskin covered handle and a stone, African, 1860-1920

Made:
1860-1920 in Africa

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
Materials:
leather and snake
Measurements:
sheath/pouch: 220 mm x 95 mm 62 mm,
type:
sheaths

Parts

Iron arrowhead, spear like end, hollow shaft socket

Iron arrowhead, spear like end, hollow shaft socket

Iron arrowhead, spear-like end, hollow shaft socket, one spike missing, very rusty

Materials:
iron
Object Number:
A656678 Pt1
type:
arrowhead
Steel arrowhead with part of wooden shaft

Steel arrowhead with part of wooden shaft

Steel arrowhead with part of wooden shaft, rusty, shaft piece split

Materials:
steel and wood, shaft
Object Number:
A656678 Pt2
type:
arrowhead
Arrowhead, lanceolate tip, long shaft socket, spiked tang

Arrowhead, lanceolate tip, long shaft socket, spiked tang

Steel arrowhead lanceolate tip, long shaft socket with spiked tang at end

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A656678 Pt3
type:
arrowhead
Arrowhead, wooden shaft bound with leather strap

Arrowhead, wooden shaft bound with leather strap

Iron arrowhead with wooden shaft piece bound with leather strap, very rusty

Materials:
iron and wood, shaft
Object Number:
A656678 Pt4
type:
arrowhead
Knife, thick steel blade, bulbous handle, snakeskin covered

Knife, thick steel blade, bulbous handle, snakeskin covered

Very thick steel bladed knife with bulbous handle covered in snakeskin

Materials:
steel and snakeskin
Object Number:
A656678 Pt5
type:
knife
Grey stone, holed end for suspending cord

Grey stone, holed end for suspending cord

Grey stone, whale shaped, perforated at one end, suspended from cord

Materials:
stone and cord
Object Number:
A656678 Pt6
type:
stones
Leather and snakeskin sheath/pouch

Leather and snakeskin sheath/pouch

Leather and snakeskin sheath/pouch, African, 1860-1920

Materials:
leather and snake
Object Number:
A656678 Pt7
type:
sheath