DAGGER

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

DAGGER

Entry/Object ID

414/10421

Description

BLADE/EBONY HANDLE Design on blade

Collection

ETHNOGRAPHIC/AFRICA

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Region

West Africa

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Kamerun

African

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dagger

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Edged Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Parts

Count

Material

Metal, Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

The style of blade was created and used by the Fang people of Gabon/Cameroon/Equatorial Guinea. The cruciform handle (wood) bound with brass wire, the tanged blade, and the punched designs on the blade are all characteristic of Fang blades.