Knife with sheath

Item

Title

Knife with sheath

Creator

Unrecorded

Subject

Weapons

Description

Physical Description: Knife and sheath. The knife has a round end and an unsharpened blade. The ivory handle has a four legged animal carved on top. The wooden sheath has sunken carving of a geometric design consisting of unfilled chevrons on a central line.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

Pre 1925

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Whole: 275 mm x 30 mm x 24 mm
Metal; Wood; Animal ivory

Identifier

R2778/277

Source

Part of the collection of Mr Frederick William Lucas, F.L.S., F.Z.S.Lucas probably established his vast collection of osteological and ethnographical items over a significant period of time and from a wide range of sources, including taxidermists, sales rooms / auction houses and personal contacts.

The accession register states that this is "from Rev J G Woods coll."

In 1922 Brighton Museum accepted offer of one year loan (from 19 Sept. 1922) of Lucas’ ‘Osteological and Ethnographical Collections’. Displayed in rooms 10, 12 and 13 (opens to public 25 November 1922)
· 9 November 1925 – selection of ’96 items (but more specimens)’ removed by Lucas (other items appear to have been removed during period Sept. 1922 – Nov. 1925). Remaining items (and cases containing them which belonged to Lucas) offered to Museum as a gift ‘without condition or reservation’. Approx. 1,800 osteological and ethnographical items – logged as R.2778 in Museum’s accessions register.
Frederick William Lucas
Pre 1925

Space/Place

Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Cultural Group: Tswana

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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