Knife blade

Name/Title

Knife blade

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.631

Description

Iron blade with parallel sides and tapering to a sharp point. Narrow tang and flattened arrowhead-shaped terminal. The edges are not sharpened. This is a blade as it left the hands of the blacksmith / bladesmith before work by the sheather and handle-maker.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1954

Time Period

20

Place

City

Maiduguri

Region

Northeastern Nigeria.

Country

Nigeria

Continent

Africa

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC631

Dimensions

Length

295 mm