Anṣār dagger sheath
Item
Title
Anṣār dagger sheath
sheath
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Mahdi
Equipment, general
Description
Anṣār (الأنصار) dagger sheath made of brown leather; possibly made from crocodile skin at top at sheath. Centre strip on the front embossed with diamond and rectangular pattern. [FN/ON/FHM 2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
1875
1901
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
230 mm x 45 mm
Identifier
5001.25.6
ES26
Source
Relation
Space/Place
Sudan
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum